Permanent icon record
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…
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)
- 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
- 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
- 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
Enrichment records (1)
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)
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
Original: http://www.originalicons.com/images/icons/Games/Metal%20Gear%20Solid/1128724749_1019549358.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20061112164918id_/http://www.originalicons.com:80/images/icons/Games/Metal%20Gear%20Solid/1128724749_1019549358.gif
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
Original: https://myoldicons.com/icons/Games/Metal%20Gear%20Solid/1128724749_1019549358.gif Download: https://myoldicons.com/icons/Games/Metal%20Gear%20Solid/1128724749_1019549358.gif Page: https://myoldicons.com/api/icons?category=games
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
Original: http://www.originalicons.com/images/icons/Games/Metal%20Gear%20Solid/1128724749_1019549358.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20061112164918id_/http://www.originalicons.com:80/images/icons/Games/Metal%20Gear%20Solid/1128724749_1019549358.gif
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
Original: https://www.iconhell.com/#IconHell%2FVideo%20Games%2Ficonhell_shroomfan64_mgs.gif Download: https://www.iconhell.com/#IconHell%2FVideo%20Games%2Ficonhell_shroomfan64_mgs.gif Page: https://github.com/Hmmnd0/buddy-icon-repository