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Pixelated cartoon banana, brown animal, monkey holding sword, and orange background with blue text "FLASH BACK!" on white and gray sections.

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Pixelated cartoon banana, brown animal, monkey holding sword, and orange background with blue text "FLASH BACK!" on white and gray sections.

Pixelated cartoon banana, brown animal, monkey holding sword, and orange background with blue text "FLASH BACK!" on white and gray sections. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from…

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Depicts

Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • monkey
  • sword

Style

  • dithering

Subjects

  • monkey
  • sword

Visible Text

  • BFF
  • FLASH BACK!

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200806161053422122319026
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:30 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.7 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/11/1167388df5ed20e2f5dc76ed7272362e5ae64edf295a662f8eee25ff012ec542.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
1167388df5ed20e2
SHA-256
1167388df5ed20e2f5dc76ed7272362e5ae64edf295a662f8eee25ff012ec542
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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
200806161053422122319026
Archive entry
200806161053422122319026.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:30 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#200806161053422122319026.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200806161053422122319026.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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