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Static image with four quadrants: top-left white background with 'beware...' text, top-right black background with 'something scary is about to come on the screen' text, bottom-left dark cat face with blue eyes, bottom-right solid gray background.

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Static image with four quadrants: top-left white background with 'beware...' text, top-right black background with 'something scary is about to come on the screen' text, bottom-left dark cat face with blue eyes, bottom-right solid gray background.

Static image with four quadrants: top-left white background with 'beware...' text, top-right black background with 'something scary is about to come on the screen' text, bottom-le…

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Subjects

  • cat

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  • beware...
  • something scary is about to come on the screen

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
201006051730421567581060
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:06 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.2 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/2b/2b4308c5f504f284cefb417e5f59698c22a6e36c5823c4876360a5d70276fac6.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
2b4308c5f504f284
SHA-256
2b4308c5f504f284cefb417e5f59698c22a6e36c5823c4876360a5d70276fac6
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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
201006051730421567581060
Archive entry
201006051730421567581060.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:06 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#201006051730421567581060.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#201006051730421567581060.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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