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Animated icon of a cartoon lion with orange and yellow fur, wearing a red crown, holding a sword, surrounded by flames, with 'BEST FRIENDS' text above.

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Animated icon of a cartoon lion with orange and yellow fur, wearing a red crown, holding a sword, surrounded by flames, with 'BEST FRIENDS' text above.

Animated icon of a cartoon lion with orange and yellow fur, wearing a red crown, holding a sword, surrounded by flames, with 'BEST FRIENDS' text above. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM budd…

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  • sword

Style

  • cartoon

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  • BEST FRIENDS
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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200805311037591323966859
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:28 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.4 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/27/2733b75530a9599ae0900d54b552520170a5b2063dadf399328ad64c5845db3c.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
2733b75530a9599a
SHA-256
2733b75530a9599ae0900d54b552520170a5b2063dadf399328ad64c5845db3c
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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
200805311037591323966859
Archive entry
200805311037591323966859.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:28 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#200805311037591323966859.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200805311037591323966859.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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