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Pixelated penguin with black wings, white body, yellow beak and feet stands against white background; blue displays text in pixel font

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Pixelated penguin with black wings, white body, yellow beak and feet stands against white background; blue displays text in pixel font

Pixelated penguin with black wings, white body, yellow beak and feet stands against white background; blue displays text in pixel font. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Inte…

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Mood

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Source terms

Subjects

  • penguin

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  • <3 <3 <3 <
  • I used to be Normal
  • Until I met those Losers
  • I call Best Friends

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20070917171511897719859
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:46 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.5 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/18/18e82278fd37bee6dd924948d42dfe85e9592a26b98ad938a9e6e0014f8a64e1.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
18e82278fd37bee6
SHA-256
18e82278fd37bee6dd924948d42dfe85e9592a26b98ad938a9e6e0014f8a64e1
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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
20070917171511897719859
Archive entry
20070917171511897719859.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:46 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#20070917171511897719859.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070917171511897719859.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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