Animated contact sheet of a pixelated character with brown hair and purple headband, displaying sequential text overlays including 'Metal', 'Gear', and 'Solid' across frames.

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Animated contact sheet of a pixelated character with brown hair and purple headband, displaying sequential text overlays including 'Metal', 'Gear', and 'Solid' across frames.

Animated contact sheet of a pixelated character with brown hair and purple headband, displaying sequential text overlays including 'Metal', 'Gear', and 'Solid' across frames. Anim…

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Animation

  • frame-by-frame text replacement only
  • no character movement or pose changes

Animation Summary

Sequential frame-by-frame replacement of metallic silver text ('Metal', 'Gear', 'Solid') over static pixelated character with no movement or pose changes.

Composition

  • character centered in frame
  • text overlaid on chest area
  • 4x4 contact sheet layout (review context)

Dense Caption

A 4x4 grid contact sheet displays 12 animated frames (plus one empty slot) from an AOL Instant Messenger buddy icon. Each frame shows the same pixelated character with brown hair tied back by a purple headband, wearing a dark outfit with white accents. The character's expression remains consistent across all visible frames: neutral gaze slightly downward. Text overlays change sequentially across frames: 'Metal' appears in top-right frames (0-3), 'Gear' in middle frames (4-7), and 'Solid' in bottom frames (8-11). The text uses a metallic silver font with subtle 3D effect, positioned over the character's chest area. All frames share identical background: dark gray gradient with faint pixelation artifacts. Animation consists of frame-by-frame text replacement without movement or pose changes. Pixel art style shows visible dithering and anti-aliasing on edges. The contact sheet layout is purely for review purposes; original icon was single animation sequence. Gray transparency background indicates intended use in IM client interface.

Description

Animated contact sheet of a pixelated character with brown hair and purple headband, displaying sequential text overlays including 'Metal', 'Gear', and 'Solid' across frames.

Fandoms

  • video game fandom

Identity Hypotheses

  • Solid | basis both | confidence high | evidence: 'Solid' text overlay matches final word in title sequence

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • no visible game logo or specific character name on icon itself

Metadata Only Entities

  • Metal Gear Solid
  • MyOldIcons archive reference

Metadata Supported By Image

  • text overlays match 'Metal Gear Solid' title sequence
  • pixelated character style consistent with 1990s/2000s game art

Named Entities

  • Solid

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • metal gear solid pixel art icon
  • pixelated character metal gear solid text animation
  • 4x4 contact sheet metal gear solid frames

Preprocessing Notes

  • contact sheet contains 12 sampled frames from source animation
  • sourceFrameCount indicates 13 total frames but one frame is empty in review image
  • 4x4 grid layout for review purposes
  • gray background represents transparency area of original icon

Safety Notes

  • non-explicit game-related content, safe for all audiences

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • non-authoritative hints suggest 'Metal Gear Solid' game fandom and 'MyOldIcons' archive reference

Visible Text

  • Metal
  • Gear
  • Solid

Visually Supported Entities

  • video game fandom (via text)
  • character design (via pixel art)

Wordwall

  • pixelated character
  • brown hair
  • purple headband
  • dark outfit with white accents
  • neutral expression
  • metallic silver text
  • text overlays 'Metal' 'Gear' 'Solid'
  • 4x4 contact sheet grid
  • frame-by-frame text replacement
  • dark gray gradient background
  • pixel art style
  • dithering on edges
  • anti-aliasing
  • sequential text animation
  • character chest area text placement
  • no pose changes
  • consistent facial expression
  • silver 3D font effect
  • gray transparency background
  • original icon single sequence

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 8, 2026

Wayback CDX OriginalIcons Image Icons GIF Captures

Source title
1128724749_1019549358
Category
images / icons / games / metal gear solid
Era
Mid-2000s Dedicated AIM Portal
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 04:50 UTC

MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons Revival

Source title
MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons API
Category
myoldicons / games / metal gear solid
Era
Recovered 2000s Icon Portal
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 11:00 UTC

Wayback CDX OriginalIcons Image Icons GIF Top Categories C

Source title
1128724749_1019549358
Category
images / icons / games / metal gear solid
Era
Mid-2000s Dedicated AIM Portal
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 03:11 UTC

Hmmnd0 Historical AIM Buddy Icon Repository

Source title
iconhell_shroomfan64_mgs
Category
IconHell/Video Games
Era
Early-2000s Multi-Gallery Archive
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 13:56 UTC
Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
5.7 KB
Motion
Animated (13 frames)
Added to archive
July 8, 2026
Relative path
icons/6f/6f9c4454c22e496091f7b1ffca2b2c049b67486a7cebb5eedec77d0f7387c333.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 10, 2026 at 04:09 UTC
Archive ID
6f9c4454c22e4960
SHA-256
6f9c4454c22e496091f7b1ffca2b2c049b67486a7cebb5eedec77d0f7387c333
Content-safety assessments (3)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
July 26, 2026 at 12:13 UTC
Run
1191
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000499

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagviolence0.000499falsesexual0.000040falseviolence/graphic0.000022falseillicit0.000008falseharassment0.000007falseself-harm0.000005falseillicit/violent0.000001falseharassment/threatening0.000001falsehate0.000001falseself-harm/intent0.000001falsesexual/minors0.000001falseself-harm/instructions0.000000falsehate/threatening0.000000false
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 22, 2026 at 19:19 UTC
Run
93
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.330311

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.753152onnx/unsafe0.330311onnx/nsfw0.272812onnx/nsfl0.057499
legacy-enrichmentqwen3-vl:30blegacy-import
Assessed
July 12, 2026 at 02:47 UTC
Run
28
Input
image
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-smart
Overall label
safe
Overall score
0.950000

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flaglegacy/manual-review0.000000falselegacy/nsfw0.000000false
Enrichment records (1)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Animated contact sheet of a pixelated character with brown hair and purple headband, displaying sequential text overlays including 'Metal', 'Gear', and 'Solid' across frames.

Reviewed
July 12, 2026 at 02:47 UTC
Run
28
Version
v3
Elapsed
11,462 ms
Tokens
prompt 3,079, response 1,112

Review tags

  • frame by frame text replacement (animation, 0.95)
  • dark gray background (color, 0.95)
  • metallic silver text (object, 0.95)
  • text overlays metal gear solid (object, 0.95)
  • pixel art style (style, 0.95)
  • brown hair (subject, 0.95)
  • neutral expression (subject, 0.95)
  • pixelated character (subject, 0.95)
  • purple headband (subject, 0.95)
  • 4x4 contact sheet (composition, 0.85)

Actions

  • text replacement across frames

Animation

  • frame-by-frame text replacement only
  • no character movement or pose changes

Animation Summary

Sequential frame-by-frame replacement of metallic silver text ('Metal', 'Gear', 'Solid') over static pixelated character with no movement or pose changes.

Colors

  • brown
  • purple
  • dark gray
  • white
  • silver

Composition

  • character centered in frame
  • text overlaid on chest area
  • 4x4 contact sheet layout (review context)

Dense Caption

A 4x4 grid contact sheet displays 12 animated frames (plus one empty slot) from an AOL Instant Messenger buddy icon. Each frame shows the same pixelated character with brown hair tied back by a purple headband, wearing a dark outfit with white accents. The character's expression remains consistent across all visible frames: neutral gaze slightly downward. Text overlays change sequentially across frames: 'Metal' appears in top-right frames (0-3), 'Gear' in middle frames (4-7), and 'Solid' in bottom frames (8-11). The text uses a metallic silver font with subtle 3D effect, positioned over the character's chest area. All frames share identical background: dark gray gradient with faint pixelation artifacts. Animation consists of frame-by-frame text replacement without movement or pose changes. Pixel art style shows visible dithering and anti-aliasing on edges. The contact sheet layout is purely for review purposes; original icon was single animation sequence. Gray transparency background indicates intended use in IM client interface.

Description

Animated contact sheet of a pixelated character with brown hair and purple headband, displaying sequential text overlays including 'Metal', 'Gear', and 'Solid' across frames.

Fandoms

  • video game fandom

Identity Hypotheses

  • Solid | basis both | confidence high | evidence: 'Solid' text overlay matches final word in title sequence

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • no visible game logo or specific character name on icon itself

Metadata Only Entities

  • Metal Gear Solid
  • MyOldIcons archive reference

Metadata Supported By Image

  • text overlays match 'Metal Gear Solid' title sequence
  • pixelated character style consistent with 1990s/2000s game art

Mood

  • neutral
  • nostalgic

Named Entities

  • Solid

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • metal gear solid pixel art icon
  • pixelated character metal gear solid text animation
  • 4x4 contact sheet metal gear solid frames

Objects

  • metallic silver text overlays

Preprocessing Notes

  • contact sheet contains 12 sampled frames from source animation
  • sourceFrameCount indicates 13 total frames but one frame is empty in review image
  • 4x4 grid layout for review purposes
  • gray background represents transparency area of original icon

Safety Notes

  • non-explicit game-related content, safe for all audiences

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • non-authoritative hints suggest 'Metal Gear Solid' game fandom and 'MyOldIcons' archive reference

Style

  • pixel art
  • low-resolution animation

Subjects

  • pixelated character with brown hair and purple headband

Visible Text

  • Metal
  • Gear
  • Solid

Visually Supported Entities

  • video game fandom (via text)
  • character design (via pixel art)

Wordwall

  • pixelated character
  • brown hair
  • purple headband
  • dark outfit with white accents
  • neutral expression
  • metallic silver text
  • text overlays 'Metal' 'Gear' 'Solid'
  • 4x4 contact sheet grid
  • frame-by-frame text replacement
  • dark gray gradient background
  • pixel art style
  • dithering on edges
  • anti-aliasing
  • sequential text animation
  • character chest area text placement
  • no pose changes
  • consistent facial expression
  • silver 3D font effect
  • gray transparency background
  • original icon single sequence
Raw JSON
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Source semantic tags (16)
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Full source records (4)

Wayback CDX OriginalIcons Image Icons GIF Captures (wayback-originalicons-image-icons-gifs)

Kind
wayback-cdx
Era
Mid-2000s Dedicated AIM Portal
Type
Wayback historical portal crawl
Category
images / icons / games / metal gear solid
Alt
1128724749_1019549358
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 04:50 UTC
Rights
mixed copyright and uncertain provenance; research/reference only by default
Slice
OriginalIcons category image folders with celebrity, entertainment, holiday, and user-submitted buddy icons

MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons Revival (myoldicons-originalicons)

Kind
myoldicons-api
Era
Recovered 2000s Icon Portal
Type
current recovered OriginalIcons API
Category
myoldicons / games / metal gear solid
Title
MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons API
Alt
1128724749_1019549358.gif | achillesconquers Metal Gear Solid | animated | myoldicons id 206399
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 11:00 UTC
Rights
mixed copyright and user-submitted material; research/reference only by default
Slice
recovered large-scale AIM icon and away-message archive with category, subcategory, filename, keyword, and animation metadata

Wayback CDX OriginalIcons Image Icons GIF Top Categories C (wayback-originalicons-image-icons-gifs-top-categories-c)

Kind
wayback-cdx
Era
Mid-2000s Dedicated AIM Portal
Type
Wayback historical portal crawl
Category
images / icons / games / metal gear solid
Alt
1128724749_1019549358
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 03:11 UTC
Rights
mixed copyright and uncertain provenance; research/reference only by default
Slice
focused OriginalIcons GIF category folders split from the broad /images/icons/ CDX target

Hmmnd0 Historical AIM Buddy Icon Repository (github-hmmnd0-historical-buddy-icon-repository)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Early-2000s Multi-Gallery Archive
Type
public Git mirror containing four organized historical AIM buddy-icon site collections
Category
IconHell/Video Games
Title
iconhell_shroomfan64_mgs
Archive entry
IconHell/Video Games/iconhell_shroomfan64_mgs.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 13:56 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
cross-sectional archive of Badass Buddy, CoolBuddy, dollbuddieicons, and IconHell collections spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, holidays, sports, relationships, pride, dolls, and internet culture