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Pixelated text 'bow chica wow wow' on cyan background with yellow stars and dotted lines, animated with star position changes.

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Pixelated text 'bow chica wow wow' on cyan background with yellow stars and dotted lines, animated with star position changes.

Pixelated text 'bow chica wow wow' on cyan background with yellow stars and dotted lines, animated with star position changes. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Arch…

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Style

  • 1990s
  • 2000s
  • 2007
  • 2016

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  • bow
  • chica
  • wow

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20070822123305675534521
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:40 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.8 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/19/1971ed464f14f751ac793eac250e4d6f52de4f69b9b79d849d661c41d03401d8.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
1971ed464f14f751
SHA-256
1971ed464f14f751ac793eac250e4d6f52de4f69b9b79d849d661c41d03401d8
Full source records (1)

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
20070822123305675534521
Archive entry
20070822123305675534521.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:40 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#20070822123305675534521.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070822123305675534521.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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