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Pixelated cartoon fish characters with wide eyes and open mouths against a blue background, accompanied by purple text on black.

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Pixelated cartoon fish characters with wide eyes and open mouths against a blue background, accompanied by purple text on black.

Pixelated cartoon fish characters with wide eyes and open mouths against a blue background, accompanied by purple text on black. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Ar…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Style

  • cartoon

Visible Text

  • I forgot where
  • ...
  • icon
  • D:
  • *GASP*
  • I made this

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081104130056576257628
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:42 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.6 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/06/063fd6fdd44fde73bc6cc1e2934d9ab7b9f1356fe3c6e3326e03c99d211f62aa.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
063fd6fdd44fde73
SHA-256
063fd6fdd44fde73bc6cc1e2934d9ab7b9f1356fe3c6e3326e03c99d211f62aa
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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
20081104130056576257628
Archive entry
20081104130056576257628.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:42 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#20081104130056576257628.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081104130056576257628.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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