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Animated pixel art of two cartoon fish characters with one holding a banana, set against blue background and orange text

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Animated pixel art of two cartoon fish characters with one holding a banana, set against blue background and orange text

Animated pixel art of two cartoon fish characters with one holding a banana, set against blue background and orange text. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive F…

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  • keep on swimming swimming swimming (x3)
  • dad! dad! do you know where my father is??

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200803071821471403339071
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:17 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.7 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/22/2292d2b5d68251a4691b24443243d04ca189bf1aef726e768b53b6b94107f200.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
2292d2b5d68251a4
SHA-256
2292d2b5d68251a4691b24443243d04ca189bf1aef726e768b53b6b94107f200
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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
200803071821471403339071
Archive entry
200803071821471403339071.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:17 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#200803071821471403339071.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200803071821471403339071.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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