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Pixelated image of a person with brown hair wearing an orange cap and yellow shirt, overlaid with black text boxes containing white text.

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Pixelated image of a person with brown hair wearing an orange cap and yellow shirt, overlaid with black text boxes containing white text.

Pixelated image of a person with brown hair wearing an orange cap and yellow shirt, overlaid with black text boxes containing white text. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from In…

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Mood

Color

Source terms

Style

  • text overlay

Visible Text

  • He's so hot
  • He's like
  • a TAMALE
  • =] <3
  • Nick J Is off
  • the CHAN

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200807311253321405880301
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:35 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
4.2 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/1c/1cb0ce102c0864c3b764135d9776b605b28435e7d11bbc577be30fd81149e272.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
1cb0ce102c0864c3
SHA-256
1cb0ce102c0864c3b764135d9776b605b28435e7d11bbc577be30fd81149e272
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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
200807311253321405880301
Archive entry
200807311253321405880301.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:35 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#200807311253321405880301.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200807311253321405880301.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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