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Pixelated icon with 'Guy' text over a smiling yellow character in green foliage, transitioning to 'are', then 'WHAT EVER' over brown and beige shapes.

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Pixelated icon with 'Guy' text over a smiling yellow character in green foliage, transitioning to 'are', then 'WHAT EVER' over brown and beige shapes.

Pixelated icon with 'Guy' text over a smiling yellow character in green foliage, transitioning to 'are', then 'WHAT EVER' over brown and beige shapes. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Style

  • text overlay

Subjects

  • pink heart

Visible Text

  • Guy
  • are
  • WHAT EVER
  • friend
  • TO HAVE A FRIEND LIKE YOU
  • FOREVER

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081205200209167055757
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:45 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
7.9 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/3c/3c8af9e311ffb0e27eff920a445118d85be77474ffedeabcf87e6275549cc6ef.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
3c8af9e311ffb0e2
SHA-256
3c8af9e311ffb0e27eff920a445118d85be77474ffedeabcf87e6275549cc6ef
Full source records (1)

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
20081205200209167055757
Archive entry
20081205200209167055757.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:45 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#20081205200209167055757.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081205200209167055757.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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