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Animated icon shows a gray cartoon cat with red accents, transitioning between two states with text changes on black and white backgrounds.

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Animated icon shows a gray cartoon cat with red accents, transitioning between two states with text changes on black and white backgrounds.

Animated icon shows a gray cartoon cat with red accents, transitioning between two states with text changes on black and white backgrounds. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from…

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  • cartoon

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  • how could you NOT love them
  • buckcherry love

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080102115933119567154
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:08 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4.1 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/25/257892f88ac766174e3fd2e6403fa7fa3cf25f64fdff68a5e929ac965950b702.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
257892f88ac76617
SHA-256
257892f88ac766174e3fd2e6403fa7fa3cf25f64fdff68a5e929ac965950b702
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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
20080102115933119567154
Archive entry
20080102115933119567154.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:08 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#20080102115933119567154.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080102115933119567154.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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