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Pixelated text on a light blue background with pink star accents, displaying repeated phrases in black block letters.

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Pixelated text on a light blue background with pink star accents, displaying repeated phrases in black block letters.

Pixelated text on a light blue background with pink star accents, displaying repeated phrases in black block letters. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Frank…

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  • S-smart
  • A-adorable
  • M-mental
  • M-maniack

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200901061312341409396148
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:48 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
689 bytes
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/06/063b5a0da0c9b43a1a5b52b2e629adcba70fea5f5baf0f87993dda5721df7725.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
063b5a0da0c9b43a
SHA-256
063b5a0da0c9b43a1a5b52b2e629adcba70fea5f5baf0f87993dda5721df7725
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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
200901061312341409396148
Archive entry
200901061312341409396148.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:48 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#200901061312341409396148.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200901061312341409396148.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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