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Pixelated image of a cartoonish creature with wide eyes and sharp teeth, accompanied by purple text reading 'be scared' and variations.

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Pixelated image of a cartoonish creature with wide eyes and sharp teeth, accompanied by purple text reading 'be scared' and variations.

Pixelated image of a cartoonish creature with wide eyes and sharp teeth, accompanied by purple text reading 'be scared' and variations. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Inte…

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  • be scared
  • be very scared
  • be very very very very very scared

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20070914071734804021490
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:45 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.8 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/14/1475bb611a1ff622a711689f447c6b01617b0fddab594683bb377a6ec9fd49f0.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
1475bb611a1ff622
SHA-256
1475bb611a1ff622a711689f447c6b01617b0fddab594683bb377a6ec9fd49f0
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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
20070914071734804021490
Archive entry
20070914071734804021490.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:45 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#20070914071734804021490.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070914071734804021490.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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