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Green cartoon alien with large eyes and antennae appears in four showing different poses, expressions, and text elements on colored backgrounds

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Green cartoon alien with large eyes and antennae appears in four showing different poses, expressions, and text elements on colored backgrounds

Green cartoon alien with large eyes and antennae appears in four showing different poses, expressions, and text elements on colored backgrounds. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon…

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Style

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Source terms

Objects

  • speech bubble

Style

  • cartoon

Visible Text

  • you gotta love him lol

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090701092753378778480
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:00 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
3.9 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/01/01c86b5e537f13bec8428606f2a9315c25133a29c7af2d3b878873579fc0579e.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
01c86b5e537f13be
SHA-256
01c86b5e537f13bec8428606f2a9315c25133a29c7af2d3b878873579fc0579e
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Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
20090701092753378778480
Archive entry
20090701092753378778480.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:00 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090701092753378778480.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090701092753378778480.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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