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Pixelated hippo image with text overlays on blue background, featuring 'HIPPOS ARENT JUST FAT...' and 'HEHEHE' repetitions.

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Pixelated hippo image with text overlays on blue background, featuring 'HIPPOS ARENT JUST FAT...' and 'HEHEHE' repetitions.

Pixelated hippo image with text overlays on blue background, featuring 'HIPPOS ARENT JUST FAT...' and 'HEHEHE' repetitions. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive…

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  • HIPPOS ARENT JUST FAT...
  • HEHEHE
  • there
  • fergalicious:
  • <3<3<3<3
  • <3<3<3<3<3

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200811031636051222218645
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
3 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/15/159358dce825c68e418b771db87800b9f867e14be1595c792e9ad9c3c3813bbd.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
159358dce825c68e
SHA-256
159358dce825c68e418b771db87800b9f867e14be1595c792e9ad9c3c3813bbd
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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
200811031636051222218645
Archive entry
200811031636051222218645.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#200811031636051222218645.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200811031636051222218645.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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