Animated contact sheet of 24 sequential frames showing a pixel art animation sequence featuring Pikmin characters and a robot-like device against a gray background.

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Animated contact sheet of 24 sequential frames showing a pixel art animation sequence featuring Pikmin characters and a robot-like device against a gray background.

Animated contact sheet of 24 sequential frames showing a pixel art animation sequence featuring Pikmin characters and a robot-like device against a gray background. Animated 50×50…

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Animation

  • frame-by-frame character addition sequence
  • group formation animation
  • individual character movement
  • static robot device throughout animation

Animation Summary

24-frame animation showing sequential addition of colored Pikmin characters around a static robot device, with character group formation and individual movement across frames while maintaining consistent text labeling and gray background context.

Composition

  • 5x5 contact sheet layout
  • sequential frame arrangement
  • text labeling below visual content
  • consistent icon size across frames

Dense Caption

The image displays a 5x5 grid of 24 animated frames from an AOL Instant Messenger buddy icon, each labeled "Pikmin" beneath it. The animation depicts a progression starting with a small red character (Pikmin) near a black-and-white robot-like device with a circular screen and red accents. As the sequence advances, additional Pikmin characters appear: first green, then blue, followed by yellow variants, all maintaining their distinct color-coded bodies. The frames show incremental additions of these colorful Pikmin figures around the central robot device, which remains static throughout. In later frames, the group grows larger with multiple colored Pikmin clustered together, while some individual Pikmin characters appear to move or change position relative to the robot. The animation concludes with fewer characters visible as it cycles back toward the initial state. All elements are rendered in 8-bit pixel art style with limited color palette on a solid gray background that serves as transparency context for the buddy icon. Each frame maintains consistent "Pikmin" text labeling below the visual content, and small red flag-like symbols appear above certain frames indicating active animation states.

Description

Animated contact sheet of 24 sequential frames showing a pixel art animation sequence featuring Pikmin characters and a robot-like device against a gray background.

Fandoms

  • Pikmin game series

Identity Hypotheses

Pikmin | basis visible | confidence high | evidence: color-coded characters match known Pikmin species (red, green, blue, yellow) and robot device resembles Hocotate Freight ship

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • source hints claim specific website origin but image contains no web elements or branding beyond the character name

Metadata Supported By Image

  • visible "Pikmin" text labels match suggested name
  • pixel art style matches AIM buddy icon era aesthetics

Named Entities

  • Pikmin
  • Hocotate Freight ship

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pikmin pixel art buddy icon
  • 8-bit pikmin animation frames
  • red green blue yellow pikmin characters
  • robot device with circular screen pikmin animation
  • gray background pikmin contact sheet
  • pikmin text label animation sequence
  • color-coded pikmin character addition
  • sequential pikmin group formation

Preprocessing Notes

  • contact sheet contains 24 sampled frames from source animation
  • 5x5 grid layout with gray background transparency context
  • text labels consistently placed below each frame
  • small red flag symbols indicate active animation states in some frames

Safety Notes

  • non-explicit cartoon-style animation
  • no nudity or explicit content visible

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • non-authoritative source hints suggest 'Pikmin' character fandom and 'badassbuddy_com' origin
  • hints reference 'images / buddies / badassbuddy com pikmin' category with URL 'badassbuddy_com-pikmin'

Visible Text

  • Pikmin

Visually Supported Entities

  • Pikmin characters from Nintendo game series

Wordwall

  • red Pikmin character
  • green Pikmin character
  • blue Pikmin character
  • yellow Pikmin character
  • black-and-white robot device
  • circular screen on robot
  • red accents on robot
  • gray background transparency
  • pixel art style
  • 8-bit rendering
  • sequential animation frames
  • Pikmin text label
  • small red flag symbol
  • color-coded characters
  • multiple colored Pikmin figures
  • robot with circular display
  • frame-by-frame progression
  • character addition sequence
  • group formation animation
  • individual character movement
  • static robot device
  • limited color palette
  • gray background context
  • animation cycle completion
  • text labeling below icon
  • red flag indicators above frames

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 8, 2026

Wayback CDX BadassBuddy Image Buddies GIF Captures

Source title
badassbuddy_com-pikmin
Category
images / buddies / badassbuddy com pikmin
Era
Early-2000s Mainstream Portal
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 03:03 UTC
Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
5 KB
Motion
Animated (24 frames)
Added to archive
July 8, 2026
Relative path
icons/01/019d927f823f78c0d28fe13fab698ff5c7f0fc0c5f1bd717c1f637d2885882c2.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 10, 2026 at 04:08 UTC
Archive ID
019d927f823f78c0
SHA-256
019d927f823f78c0d28fe13fab698ff5c7f0fc0c5f1bd717c1f637d2885882c2
Content-safety assessments (3)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 07:27 UTC
Run
105
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.023115

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagviolence0.023115falseviolence/graphic0.001568falsesexual0.000819falseself-harm0.000467falseself-harm/intent0.000214falseharassment0.000059falseharassment/threatening0.000021falseillicit0.000014falseillicit/violent0.000011falsesexual/minors0.000007falsehate0.000005falseself-harm/instructions0.000003falsehate/threatening0.000002false
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 21, 2026 at 03:54 UTC
Run
74
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.095367

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.927395onnx/unsafe0.095367onnx/nsfw0.056089onnx/nsfl0.039278
legacy-enrichmentqwen3-vl:30blegacy-import
Assessed
July 11, 2026 at 21:57 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 24 sequential frames showing a pixel art animation sequence featuring Pikmin characters and a robot-like device against a gray background.

Reviewed
July 11, 2026 at 21:57 UTC
Run
28
Version
v3
Elapsed
14,571 ms
Tokens
prompt 3,572, response 1,492

Review tags

  • pixel art style (style, 0.95)
  • color coded figures (subject, 0.95)
  • pikmin characters (subject, 0.95)
  • text label (subject, 0.95)
  • group formation animation (animation, 0.90)
  • sequential animation (animation, 0.90)
  • gray background (composition, 0.90)
  • robot device (object, 0.90)
  • limited color palette (style, 0.90)
  • character addition sequence (animation, 0.85)
  • red flag symbol (object, 0.85)

Actions

  • character addition sequence
  • group formation animation
  • individual character movement
  • frame-by-frame progression

Animation

  • frame-by-frame character addition sequence
  • group formation animation
  • individual character movement
  • static robot device throughout animation

Animation Summary

24-frame animation showing sequential addition of colored Pikmin characters around a static robot device, with character group formation and individual movement across frames while maintaining consistent text labeling and gray background context.

Colors

  • red
  • green
  • blue
  • yellow
  • black
  • white
  • gray

Composition

  • 5x5 contact sheet layout
  • sequential frame arrangement
  • text labeling below visual content
  • consistent icon size across frames

Dense Caption

The image displays a 5x5 grid of 24 animated frames from an AOL Instant Messenger buddy icon, each labeled "Pikmin" beneath it. The animation depicts a progression starting with a small red character (Pikmin) near a black-and-white robot-like device with a circular screen and red accents. As the sequence advances, additional Pikmin characters appear: first green, then blue, followed by yellow variants, all maintaining their distinct color-coded bodies. The frames show incremental additions of these colorful Pikmin figures around the central robot device, which remains static throughout. In later frames, the group grows larger with multiple colored Pikmin clustered together, while some individual Pikmin characters appear to move or change position relative to the robot. The animation concludes with fewer characters visible as it cycles back toward the initial state. All elements are rendered in 8-bit pixel art style with limited color palette on a solid gray background that serves as transparency context for the buddy icon. Each frame maintains consistent "Pikmin" text labeling below the visual content, and small red flag-like symbols appear above certain frames indicating active animation states.

Description

Animated contact sheet of 24 sequential frames showing a pixel art animation sequence featuring Pikmin characters and a robot-like device against a gray background.

Fandoms

  • Pikmin game series

Identity Hypotheses

Pikmin | basis visible | confidence high | evidence: color-coded characters match known Pikmin species (red, green, blue, yellow) and robot device resembles Hocotate Freight ship

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • source hints claim specific website origin but image contains no web elements or branding beyond the character name

Metadata Supported By Image

  • visible "Pikmin" text labels match suggested name
  • pixel art style matches AIM buddy icon era aesthetics

Mood

  • playful
  • nostalgic
  • cartoonish

Named Entities

  • Pikmin
  • Hocotate Freight ship

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pikmin pixel art buddy icon
  • 8-bit pikmin animation frames
  • red green blue yellow pikmin characters
  • robot device with circular screen pikmin animation
  • gray background pikmin contact sheet
  • pikmin text label animation sequence
  • color-coded pikmin character addition
  • sequential pikmin group formation

Objects

  • circular screen on robot
  • red accents on robot
  • small red flag symbol

Preprocessing Notes

  • contact sheet contains 24 sampled frames from source animation
  • 5x5 grid layout with gray background transparency context
  • text labels consistently placed below each frame
  • small red flag symbols indicate active animation states in some frames

Safety Notes

  • non-explicit cartoon-style animation
  • no nudity or explicit content visible

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • non-authoritative source hints suggest 'Pikmin' character fandom and 'badassbuddy_com' origin
  • hints reference 'images / buddies / badassbuddy com pikmin' category with URL 'badassbuddy_com-pikmin'

Style

  • pixel art
  • 8-bit rendering
  • low-resolution graphics

Subjects

  • red Pikmin character
  • green Pikmin character
  • blue Pikmin character
  • yellow Pikmin character
  • black-and-white robot device

Visible Text

  • Pikmin

Visually Supported Entities

  • Pikmin characters from Nintendo game series

Wordwall

  • red Pikmin character
  • green Pikmin character
  • blue Pikmin character
  • yellow Pikmin character
  • black-and-white robot device
  • circular screen on robot
  • red accents on robot
  • gray background transparency
  • pixel art style
  • 8-bit rendering
  • sequential animation frames
  • Pikmin text label
  • small red flag symbol
  • color-coded characters
  • multiple colored Pikmin figures
  • robot with circular display
  • frame-by-frame progression
  • character addition sequence
  • group formation animation
  • individual character movement
  • static robot device
  • limited color palette
  • gray background context
  • animation cycle completion
  • text labeling below icon
  • red flag indicators above frames
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Full source records (2)

Wayback CDX BadassBuddy Image Buddies GIF Captures (wayback-badassbuddy-image-buddies-gifs)

Kind
wayback-cdx
Era
Early-2000s Mainstream Portal
Type
Wayback historical portal crawl
Category
images / buddies / badassbuddy com pikmin
Alt
badassbuddy_com-pikmin
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 03:03 UTC
Rights
mixed copyright; research/reference only by default
Slice
BadassBuddy direct image buddy folders with attitude, music, humor, and pop-culture filenames