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A 3x3 contact sheet of animated frames showing a distorted clown face with red striped background and changing text across the bottom in pixelated font.
A 3x3 contact sheet of animated frames showing a distorted clown face with red striped background and changing text across the bottom in pixelated font. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM bud…
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Source & archive date
- Added to archive
- July 8, 2026
Wayback CDX BuddyIcon.org GIF Captures
- Source title
- 657
- Category
- icns / movies / 657
- Era
- Mid-2000s Dedicated AIM Portal
- Observed
- July 8, 2026 at 00:40 UTC
Wayback CDX CoolBuddy.com Icon GIF Captures
- Source title
- 1165_55397
- Category
- icon / iconupload / buddypics / 1165 55397
- Era
- Mid-2000s Mega Gallery
- Observed
- July 8, 2026 at 01:14 UTC
Wayback Buddy-Icons.info Featured Category Portal Shard
- Source title
- Movies icons for AIM, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo
- Category
- aim icons / movies / page398 / movies icons for aim msn myspace and yahoo
- Era
- Mid-2000s AIM Portal
- Observed
- July 10, 2026 at 21:45 UTC
Wayback CDX Buddy-Icons.info Native AIM Icon GIFs
- Source title
- 692
- Category
- img / icon
- Era
- Mid-to-Late-2000s AIM Portal
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 00:58 UTC
Technical archive details
- Format
- GIF
- Dimensions
- 48×48 pixels
- File size
- 3.7 KB
- Motion
- Animated (9 frames)
- Added to archive
- July 8, 2026
- Relative path
- icons/2b/2b5241f6200b6598914fa23f8a2a2b7114f8291c61c98e1be0013c70240c7a7a.gif
- Media type
- image/gif
- Scanner metadata
- v1
- Animation inspected
- July 10, 2026 at 04:04 UTC
- Archive ID
- 2b5241f6200b6598
- SHA-256
- 2b5241f6200b6598914fa23f8a2a2b7114f8291c61c98e1be0013c70240c7a7a
Content-safety assessments (2)
- Assessed
- July 22, 2026 at 06:53 UTC
- Run
- 89
- Input
- image
- Preprocessing
- four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
- Overall label
- sfw
- Overall score
- 0.134320
OpenAI category scores
- Assessed
- July 10, 2026 at 11:22 UTC
- Run
- 21
- Input
- image
- Preprocessing
- contact-sheet-smart
- Overall label
- questionable
- Overall score
- 0.850000
OpenAI category scores
Enrichment records (1)
A 3x3 contact sheet of animated frames showing a distorted clown face with red striped background and changing text across the bottom in pixelated font.
- Reviewed
- July 10, 2026 at 11:22 UTC
- Run
- 21
- Version
- v3
- Elapsed
- 15,370 ms
- Tokens
- prompt 3,002, response 1,379
Review tags
- text changes across frames (animation, 0.95)
- distorted clown face (subject, 0.95)
- clown figure consistent across frames (animation, 0.90)
- red striped background (background, 0.90)
- pixelated white text (text, 0.90)
- low resolution pixel art (style, 0.85)
- gray transparent background (background, 0.80)
- horror themed icon (theme, 0.80)
- dithering on face edges (rendering, 0.75)
- dithering on text edges (rendering, 0.75)
- house of 1000 corpses reference (text, 0.75)
Actions
- text changes across frames
Animation
- frame 0-2: text changes from HOUSE to OF
- frame 3-5: text changes from OF to 1,000
- frame 6-8: text changes from 1,000 to CORPSES
- clown figure remains consistent across all frames
Animation Summary
A 9-frame animation where the bottom banner text changes sequentially from 'HOUSE' to 'OF' to '1,000' to 'CORPSES' while maintaining a consistent distorted clown figure against red stripes.
Colors
- pale skin
- blue
- pink
- red
- white
- gray
Composition
- 3x3 grid layout
- horizontal stripes in background
- text on solid banner at bottom of each frame
Dense Caption
The image is a 3x3 grid of sampled animation frames from an AOL Instant Messenger buddy icon. Each frame features a distorted, pale-skinned clown-like figure with exaggerated blue eyebrows, dark eye sockets, pink cheek marks, and a wide open mouth showing teeth against a background of horizontal red stripes. The bottom portion of each frame contains a solid red banner with pixelated white text that changes across frames: the first row shows 'HOUSE', 'HOUSE', 'OF'; the second row shows 'OF', '1,000', '1,000'; and the third row shows '1,000', 'CORPSES', 'CORPSES'. The animation consists of sequential text changes across frames while the clown figure remains visually consistent. The image has a gray transparent background with white dotted borders between cells. Each frame is 48x48 pixels in size as part of the original icon design, and the full contact sheet measures 768x768 pixels. The visual style uses low-resolution pixel art typical of early internet graphics with visible dithering on the clown's face and text edges.
Description
A 3x3 contact sheet of animated frames showing a distorted clown face with red striped background and changing text across the bottom in pixelated font.
Identity Hypotheses
- House of 1,000 Corpses | basis both | confidence high | evidence text sequence matches film title and horror aesthetic
Metadata Not Confirmed By Image
- character identity not confirmed by pixels alone
- exact title confirmation impossible from text-only evidence
Metadata Only Entities
- House of 1000 Corpses (film)
Metadata Supported By Image
- text sequence matches 'House of 1,000 Corpses' phrase structure
- clown figure style consistent with horror movie aesthetic
Mood
- unsettling
- disturbing
- creepy
Named Entities
- House of 1,000 Corpses | basis both
Non Redundant Search Phrases
- distorted clown house of 1000 corpses
- house of 1000 corpses pixel art animation
- clown figure red stripes text change
Objects
- red striped background
- solid red banner
- pixelated text
Preprocessing Notes
- contact sheet layout 3x3
- sampled frame count 9
- source frame count 9
- gray transparent background with white dotted borders between cells
- review image size 768x768 pixels
Safety Notes
- text contains 'corpses' which is non-explicit but may be considered adult language in context
Source Metadata Interpretation
- non-authoritative source hints suggest 'House of 1000 Corpses' reference but do not confirm character identity or exact title
- hints include 'wayback-buddyicon-org-gifs', 'icns / movies', and 'buddypics' categories
Style
- low-resolution pixel art
- dithering
- retro internet graphics
Subjects
- clown figure
Visible Text
- HOUSE
- OF
- 1,000
- CORPSES
Visually Supported Entities
- horror-themed icon
- text-based animation
Wordwall
- distorted clown face
- pale skin
- blue eyebrows
- pink cheek marks
- wide open mouth
- teeth
- red striped background
- solid red banner
- pixelated white text
- text changes across frames
- 3x3 contact sheet
- gray transparent background
- white dotted borders
- low-resolution pixel art
- dithering on face
- dithering on text edges
- horizontal red stripes
- exaggerated facial features
- clown figure consistent across frames
- frame 0: HOUSE
- frame 1: HOUSE
- frame 2: OF
- frame 3: OF
- frame 4: 1,000
- frame 5: 1,000
- frame 6: 1,000
- frame 7: CORPSES
- frame 8: CORPSES
Raw JSON
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Full source records (4)
Wayback CDX BuddyIcon.org GIF Captures (wayback-buddyicon-org-gifs)
- Kind
- wayback-cdx
- Era
- Mid-2000s Dedicated AIM Portal
- Type
- Wayback historical portal crawl
- Category
- icns / movies / 657
- Alt
- 657
- Observed
- July 8, 2026 at 00:40 UTC
- Rights
- mixed copyright and uncertain provenance; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- dedicated AIM buddy-icon portal with category-path icon folders
Original: http://buddyicon.org/icns/movies/657.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20060614115229id_/http://buddyicon.org:80/icns/movies/657.gif
Wayback CDX CoolBuddy.com Icon GIF Captures (wayback-coolbuddy-gifs)
- Kind
- wayback-cdx
- Era
- Mid-2000s Mega Gallery
- Type
- Wayback historical mega-gallery crawl
- Category
- icon / iconupload / buddypics / 1165 55397
- Alt
- 1165_55397
- Observed
- July 8, 2026 at 01:14 UTC
- Rights
- mixed copyright; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- large category portal with broad AIM and messenger icon coverage
Original: http://www.coolbuddy.com/icon/iconupload/buddypics/1165_55397.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20161019111141id_/http://www.coolbuddy.com/icon/iconupload/buddypics/1165_55397.gif
Wayback Buddy-Icons.info Featured Category Portal Shard (wayback-buddy-icons-info-featured-categories-portal)
- Kind
- static-gallery
- Era
- Mid-2000s AIM Portal
- Type
- Internet Archive preserved categorized AIM icon portal
- Category
- aim icons / movies / page398 / movies icons for aim msn myspace and yahoo
- Title
- Movies icons for AIM, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo
- Alt
- House of corpes
- Observed
- July 10, 2026 at 21:45 UTC
- Rights
- mixed user-submitted and licensed imagery; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- large categorized AIM icon portal spanning entertainment, fandom, personal identity, dolls, games, and animals
Original: http://www.buddy-icons.info/img/icon/692.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20080106214606id_/http://www.buddy-icons.info/img/icon/692.gif Page: https://web.archive.org/web/20080106214606id_/http://www.buddy-icons.info/aim-icons/House_of_corpes.html
Wayback CDX Buddy-Icons.info Native AIM Icon GIFs (wayback-buddy-icons-info-img-icon-gifs)
- Kind
- wayback-cdx
- Era
- Mid-to-Late-2000s AIM Portal
- Type
- Wayback direct native asset enumeration
- Category
- img / icon
- Alt
- 692
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 00:58 UTC
- Rights
- mixed user-submitted and licensed imagery; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- native Buddy-Icons.info AIM icon assets spanning user submissions, fandom, identity, relationships, school, sports, music, movies, and celebrity culture
Original: http://buddy-icons.info/img/icon/692.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20111202145805id_/http://buddy-icons.info/img/icon/692.gif