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Pixelated cartoon character with yellow sponge-like body, red shorts, white shirt, and blue eyes holding a star-tipped wand against dark background.

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Pixelated cartoon character with yellow sponge-like body, red shorts, white shirt, and blue eyes holding a star-tipped wand against dark background.

Pixelated cartoon character with yellow sponge-like body, red shorts, white shirt, and blue eyes holding a star-tipped wand against dark background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy i…

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Source terms

Style

  • cartoon

Visible Text

  • F IS FOR FRIENDS WHO DO STUFF TOGETHER
  • U IS FOR YOU & ME
  • N IS FOR NYWHERE / TIME @ A N HERE IN DEEP BLU

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080718153414419607350
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:34 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.7 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/21/21d7790e6d6db5f6393483a34de2b8c2075a945c5eb3eb515fa285ef627fa25d.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
21d7790e6d6db5f6
SHA-256
21d7790e6d6db5f6393483a34de2b8c2075a945c5eb3eb515fa285ef627fa25d
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
20080718153414419607350
Archive entry
20080718153414419607350.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:34 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#20080718153414419607350.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080718153414419607350.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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