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Pixelated pink text reads 'Barbie' in cursive above smaller blocky text saying 'wants to be me', with light blue and white background dots.

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Pixelated pink text reads 'Barbie' in cursive above smaller blocky text saying 'wants to be me', with light blue and white background dots.

Pixelated pink text reads 'Barbie' in cursive above smaller blocky text saying 'wants to be me', with light blue and white background dots. 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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  • Barbie
  • wants
  • to
  • be
  • me

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
2008031716394890728844
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:19 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.5 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/05/0584ff573fd54a07b1ae8c25f0e6208aee1ae7d20c25b6479193407c47a368bc.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
0584ff573fd54a07
SHA-256
0584ff573fd54a07b1ae8c25f0e6208aee1ae7d20c25b6479193407c47a368bc
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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
2008031716394890728844
Archive entry
2008031716394890728844.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:19 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#2008031716394890728844.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#2008031716394890728844.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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