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A static image of three cats with thought bubbles, overlaid with black text reading "I think there's a spy among us" in a pixelated font.

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A static image of three cats with thought bubbles, overlaid with black text reading "I think there's a spy among us" in a pixelated font.

A static image of three cats with thought bubbles, overlaid with black text reading "I think there's a spy among us" in a pixelated font. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from In…

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Style

  • text-overlaid

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  • I think
  • there's
  • a spy
  • among
  • us
  • _
  • |

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200809130841161875377713
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:38 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
7 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/0f/0f679ffd063d8700c930b241eeebd54338cd0617acef962365800f6c31669988.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
0f679ffd063d8700
SHA-256
0f679ffd063d8700c930b241eeebd54338cd0617acef962365800f6c31669988
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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
200809130841161875377713
Archive entry
200809130841161875377713.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:38 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#200809130841161875377713.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200809130841161875377713.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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