Animated contact sheet showing 18 frames of a pixel art explosion sequence with repeated 'Boom!' text beneath each frame, featuring a mailbox and small character figure interacting across sequential states.

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Animated contact sheet showing 18 frames of a pixel art explosion sequence with repeated 'Boom!' text beneath each frame, featuring a mailbox and small character figure interacting across sequential states.

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Animation

  • character moves toward mailbox in early frames
  • small yellow sparks appear at contact point in middle frames
  • explosion burst grows larger with red orange and yellow pixels in later frames
  • mailbox shows damage effects like missing flag sections

Animation Summary

18-frame pixel art sequence showing character approaching mailbox, sparking contact point, then full explosion with red orange yellow pixels; consistent 'Boom!' text throughout

Composition

  • 5x4 grid of frames
  • consistent character design across all frames
  • text positioned below each frame

Dense Caption

The image displays an animated contact sheet composed of 18 individual frames arranged in a 5x4 grid (with the last row containing only three visible frames) against a solid gray background. Each frame contains pixel art depicting a sequence involving a brown wooden mailbox with a red flag and a small character figure with white circular head and gray body. The animation progresses from initial states where the character stands near the mailbox to intermediate actions of interaction, culminating in explosive effects. Below each frame is the text 'Boom!' rendered in black pixelated font with an underscore beneath it. The sequence shows gradual changes: early frames show the character approaching or touching the mailbox; middle frames depict small yellow sparks and red elements appearing at contact points; later frames feature larger bursts of red, orange, and yellow pixels representing explosions. Some frames show the mailbox intact while others display damage effects like missing flag sections or pixelated debris. The animation uses a limited color palette including brown (mailbox), red (flag/elements), gray (character/body), white (head), black (text), and bright explosion colors. All frames maintain consistent character design with rounded head and simple body shape, indicating this is a single animated icon sequence rather than multiple distinct icons.

Description

Animated contact sheet showing 18 frames of a pixel art explosion sequence with repeated 'Boom!' text beneath each frame, featuring a mailbox and small character figure interacting across sequential states.

Identity Hypotheses

  • Boom! | basis both | confidence high | evidence: repeated 'Boom!' text and explosion animation

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • sourceFrameCount 18 is not visible in image; only sampled frame count is shown

Metadata Only Entities

  • wayback-buddyicon-org-gifs
  • GifCities
  • TCQR2VFMFGMS34H3EIY2L2THGKVHJHND

Metadata Supported By Image

  • 'Boom!' text matches 'alt: boom' hint
  • category 'boom' aligns with explosion theme and repeated text

Named Entities

  • Boom! | basis visible|both

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pixel art boom explosion icon
  • aol instant messenger buddy icon explosion
  • animated mailbox boom gif

Preprocessing Notes

  • contact sheet layout 5x4 (18 sampled frames)
  • gray background for transparency display
  • sourceFrameCount 18 matches sampled frame count

Safety Notes

  • non-explicit cartoon explosion animation
  • repeated 'Boom!' text is playful and non-sexual

Source Metadata Interpretation

source: wayback-buddyicon-org-gifs | alt: boom | category: icns / misc / boom | url: boom | source: gifcities-aim-buddy-icons-plural-small-mixed | title: GifCities | category: search / gifcities | url: TCQR2VFMFGMS34H3EIY2L2THGKVHJHND

Visible Text

  • Boom!

Visually Supported Entities

  • explosion animation icon
  • AOL Instant Messenger buddy icon

Wordwall

  • brown wooden mailbox
  • red flag on mailbox
  • white circular character head
  • gray character body
  • 'Boom!' text under each frame
  • pixel art animation sequence
  • character approaching mailbox
  • small yellow sparks at contact point
  • explosion burst with red orange and yellow pixels
  • mailbox intact in early frames
  • damaged mailbox in later frames
  • black underscore beneath 'Boom!' text
  • solid gray background
  • 5x4 grid layout of frames
  • repeated character design across frames
  • pixelated explosion effects
  • character touching mailbox flag
  • red pixel debris on mailbox
  • yellow sparks turning into full explosion
  • gray body with no facial features

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 8, 2026

Wayback CDX BuddyIcon.org GIF Captures

Source title
boom
Category
icns / misc / boom
Era
Mid-2000s Dedicated AIM Portal
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 00:40 UTC

GifCities AIM Buddy Icons Plural Small Mixed-Size Search

Source title
GifCities
Category
search / gifcities
Era
GeoCities AIM Buddy-Icons Personal Web Cross-Section
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 04:56 UTC

Wayback Ballericons Native Icon-Path GIFs

Source title
404
Category
icon
Era
Early-to-Mid-2000s Mainstream AIM Portal
Observed
July 13, 2026 at 06:45 UTC
Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
6.7 KB
Motion
Animated (18 frames)
Added to archive
July 8, 2026
Relative path
icons/7a/7a4ce1a25ae0c0c1865838678916f58426ca8cd1054f9e222cb507e65771dde3.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 10, 2026 at 04:04 UTC
Archive ID
7a4ce1a25ae0c0c1
SHA-256
7a4ce1a25ae0c0c1865838678916f58426ca8cd1054f9e222cb507e65771dde3
Content-safety assessments (3)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
July 21, 2026 at 12:52 UTC
Run
72
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.016049

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagviolence0.016049falseillicit0.003790falseviolence/graphic0.003498falseself-harm0.000487falseself-harm/intent0.000212falsesexual0.000175falseharassment0.000034falseillicit/violent0.000017falseharassment/threatening0.000014falsesexual/minors0.000005falseself-harm/instructions0.000004falsehate0.000003falsehate/threatening0.000001false

Qwen scheduling evidence

Evidence strength is retained for queueing and audit. It does not set the public content-safety verdict.

EvidenceStrengthInputenrichment/visual/violence0.500000image
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 21, 2026 at 02:09 UTC
Run
74
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.081163

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.925256onnx/unsafe0.081163onnx/nsfw0.043554onnx/nsfl0.037609
legacy-enrichmentqwen3-vl:30blegacy-import
Assessed
July 10, 2026 at 11:19 UTC
Run
21
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 showing 18 frames of a pixel art explosion sequence with repeated 'Boom!' text beneath each frame, featuring a mailbox and small character figure interacting across sequential states.

Reviewed
July 10, 2026 at 11:19 UTC
Run
21
Version
v3
Elapsed
10,253 ms
Tokens
prompt 3,266, response 1,300

Review tags

  • boom text (text, 1.00)
  • pixel art style (style, 0.95)
  • explosion animation (subject, 0.95)
  • gray background (background, 0.90)
  • yellow sparks (effect, 0.90)
  • mailbox character interaction (subject, 0.90)
  • 5x4 contact sheet (layout, 0.85)
  • damaged mailbox (object, 0.80)

Actions

  • approaching mailbox
  • touching mailbox flag
  • sparking at contact point
  • explosion burst from mailbox
  • mailbox damage effect

Animation

  • character moves toward mailbox in early frames
  • small yellow sparks appear at contact point in middle frames
  • explosion burst grows larger with red orange and yellow pixels in later frames
  • mailbox shows damage effects like missing flag sections

Animation Summary

18-frame pixel art sequence showing character approaching mailbox, sparking contact point, then full explosion with red orange yellow pixels; consistent 'Boom!' text throughout

Colors

  • brown
  • red
  • gray
  • white
  • black
  • orange
  • yellow

Composition

  • 5x4 grid of frames
  • consistent character design across all frames
  • text positioned below each frame

Dense Caption

The image displays an animated contact sheet composed of 18 individual frames arranged in a 5x4 grid (with the last row containing only three visible frames) against a solid gray background. Each frame contains pixel art depicting a sequence involving a brown wooden mailbox with a red flag and a small character figure with white circular head and gray body. The animation progresses from initial states where the character stands near the mailbox to intermediate actions of interaction, culminating in explosive effects. Below each frame is the text 'Boom!' rendered in black pixelated font with an underscore beneath it. The sequence shows gradual changes: early frames show the character approaching or touching the mailbox; middle frames depict small yellow sparks and red elements appearing at contact points; later frames feature larger bursts of red, orange, and yellow pixels representing explosions. Some frames show the mailbox intact while others display damage effects like missing flag sections or pixelated debris. The animation uses a limited color palette including brown (mailbox), red (flag/elements), gray (character/body), white (head), black (text), and bright explosion colors. All frames maintain consistent character design with rounded head and simple body shape, indicating this is a single animated icon sequence rather than multiple distinct icons.

Description

Animated contact sheet showing 18 frames of a pixel art explosion sequence with repeated 'Boom!' text beneath each frame, featuring a mailbox and small character figure interacting across sequential states.

Identity Hypotheses

  • Boom! | basis both | confidence high | evidence: repeated 'Boom!' text and explosion animation

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • sourceFrameCount 18 is not visible in image; only sampled frame count is shown

Metadata Only Entities

  • wayback-buddyicon-org-gifs
  • GifCities
  • TCQR2VFMFGMS34H3EIY2L2THGKVHJHND

Metadata Supported By Image

  • 'Boom!' text matches 'alt: boom' hint
  • category 'boom' aligns with explosion theme and repeated text

Mood

  • playful
  • dynamic
  • cartoonish

Named Entities

  • Boom! | basis visible|both

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pixel art boom explosion icon
  • aol instant messenger buddy icon explosion
  • animated mailbox boom gif

Objects

  • red flag on mailbox
  • yellow sparks
  • red orange and yellow explosion pixels
  • black underscore under text

Preprocessing Notes

  • contact sheet layout 5x4 (18 sampled frames)
  • gray background for transparency display
  • sourceFrameCount 18 matches sampled frame count

Safety Notes

  • non-explicit cartoon explosion animation
  • repeated 'Boom!' text is playful and non-sexual

Source Metadata Interpretation

source: wayback-buddyicon-org-gifs | alt: boom | category: icns / misc / boom | url: boom | source: gifcities-aim-buddy-icons-plural-small-mixed | title: GifCities | category: search / gifcities | url: TCQR2VFMFGMS34H3EIY2L2THGKVHJHND

Style

  • pixel art
  • low-resolution animation
  • 8-bit aesthetic

Subjects

  • brown wooden mailbox
  • small white-headed gray-bodied character figure

Visible Text

  • Boom!

Visually Supported Entities

  • explosion animation icon
  • AOL Instant Messenger buddy icon

Wordwall

  • brown wooden mailbox
  • red flag on mailbox
  • white circular character head
  • gray character body
  • 'Boom!' text under each frame
  • pixel art animation sequence
  • character approaching mailbox
  • small yellow sparks at contact point
  • explosion burst with red orange and yellow pixels
  • mailbox intact in early frames
  • damaged mailbox in later frames
  • black underscore beneath 'Boom!' text
  • solid gray background
  • 5x4 grid layout of frames
  • repeated character design across frames
  • pixelated explosion effects
  • character touching mailbox flag
  • red pixel debris on mailbox
  • yellow sparks turning into full explosion
  • gray body with no facial features
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Full source records (3)

Wayback CDX BuddyIcon.org GIF Captures (wayback-buddyicon-org-gifs)

Kind
wayback-cdx
Era
Mid-2000s Dedicated AIM Portal
Type
Wayback historical portal crawl
Category
icns / misc / boom
Alt
boom
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 00:40 UTC
Rights
mixed copyright and uncertain provenance; research/reference only by default
Slice
dedicated AIM buddy-icon portal with category-path icon folders

GifCities AIM Buddy Icons Plural Small Mixed-Size Search (gifcities-aim-buddy-icons-plural-small-mixed)

Kind
static-gallery
Era
GeoCities AIM Buddy-Icons Personal Web Cross-Section
Type
Internet Archive GifCities search result
Category
search / gifcities
Title
GifCities
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 04:56 UTC
Rights
mixed GeoCities user material; research/reference only by default
Slice
search-selected small and near-square GeoCities AIM buddy-icons candidates from plural listing pages

Wayback Ballericons Native Icon-Path GIFs (wayback-ballericons-icon-path-gifs)

Kind
wayback-cdx
Era
Early-to-Mid-2000s Mainstream AIM Portal
Type
Wayback direct native asset enumeration from the portal's primary /icon/ namespace
Category
icon
Alt
404
Observed
July 13, 2026 at 06:45 UTC
Rights
mixed portal and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large humor, attitude, college, celebrity, video-game, holiday, and sports buddy-icon portal