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Four quadrants with zebra stripes in pink, green, blue, and yellow, each containing text: 'i <3', 'cheer', 'lead', 'ing!', and a smiley face.

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Four quadrants with zebra stripes in pink, green, blue, and yellow, each containing text: 'i <3', 'cheer', 'lead', 'ing!', and a smiley face.

Four quadrants with zebra stripes in pink, green, blue, and yellow, each containing text: 'i <3', 'cheer', 'lead', 'ing!', and a smiley face. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon fro…

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  • i <3
  • cheer
  • lead
  • ing!
  • :)

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090723124247586117465
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:00 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
6.1 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/17/17db0bda1358f0cfebd46f2b6d8ffd8bb13a3a78e1e7a2d9ee141e43f86d9818.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
17db0bda1358f0cf
SHA-256
17db0bda1358f0cfebd46f2b6d8ffd8bb13a3a78e1e7a2d9ee141e43f86d9818
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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
20090723124247586117465
Archive entry
20090723124247586117465.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:00 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#20090723124247586117465.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090723124247586117465.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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