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Pixelated image of a brown dog wearing sunglasses and an American flag hat with red text reading "michael phelps... is freakin beast=)".

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Pixelated image of a brown dog wearing sunglasses and an American flag hat with red text reading "michael phelps... is freakin beast=)".

Pixelated image of a brown dog wearing sunglasses and an American flag hat with red text reading "michael phelps... is freakin beast=)". Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Int…

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  • dog

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  • michael phelps...
  • is freakin beast=)

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080811161858162540754
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:36 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.5 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/23/23887d36a08214ae72823777d0ae369c4d23e46a2f019b9c2625886d7ba2b888.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
23887d36a08214ae
SHA-256
23887d36a08214ae72823777d0ae369c4d23e46a2f019b9c2625886d7ba2b888
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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
20080811161858162540754
Archive entry
20080811161858162540754.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:36 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#20080811161858162540754.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080811161858162540754.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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