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Blue fish with yellow fins and black markings swims against a blue water background, with text below changing from 'I' to 'Speak' to 'Whale'.

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Blue fish with yellow fins and black markings swims against a blue water background, with text below changing from 'I' to 'Speak' to 'Whale'.

Blue fish with yellow fins and black markings swims against a blue water background, with text below changing from 'I' to 'Speak' to 'Whale'. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon fro…

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  • Speak
  • Whale

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20070826152327845620785
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:41 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4.7 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/3c/3c061c5ad337332692b7b041fcbc514f0a2e6503e8fd80e4949758a63cb8302d.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
3c061c5ad3373326
SHA-256
3c061c5ad337332692b7b041fcbc514f0a2e6503e8fd80e4949758a63cb8302d
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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
20070826152327845620785
Archive entry
20070826152327845620785.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:41 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#20070826152327845620785.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070826152327845620785.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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