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Pixelated text overlays on a split background with anime-style character art on left and teal checkered pattern on right.

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Pixelated text overlays on a split background with anime-style character art on left and teal checkered pattern on right.

Pixelated text overlays on a split background with anime-style character art on left and teal checkered pattern on right. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive F…

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  • anime character

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  • We come to love not by finding to see an imperfect person perfectly.
  • a perfect person, but by learning

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
201004201634401248146274
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
50×50 pixels
File size
5.3 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/31/31c325558d762624f6cb7d72df51761a8c764f919e77c67a09a36d9d4184fafb.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
31c325558d762624
SHA-256
31c325558d762624f6cb7d72df51761a8c764f919e77c67a09a36d9d4184fafb
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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
201004201634401248146274
Archive entry
201004201634401248146274.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#201004201634401248146274.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#201004201634401248146274.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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