Buddy Icon Archive Preserving the tiny pictures that made the internet personal.
Pixelated image of a brown cat and yellow duckling on blue background with text "Best Friends Forever" in pixel font.

Permanent icon record

Pixelated image of a brown cat and yellow duckling on blue background with text "Best Friends Forever" in pixel font.

Pixelated image of a brown cat and yellow duckling on blue background with text "Best Friends Forever" in pixel font. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Frank…

A visual description has not been added yet. The archival record below is still available.

Download original

About this icon

Depicts

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Animation Summary

  • No visible animation changes; static image throughout all observations.

Composition

  • cat behind duckling
  • text positioned around image

Dense Caption

Pixelated image shows a brown cat with orange-brown fur and black eyes positioned behind a yellow duckling with an orange beak and black eyes. The cat's head is slightly tilted downward toward the duckling. Both animals are on a solid blue background. Text "Best" appears in black pixel font on the right side of the image, "Friends" appears below the image on the left, and "Forever" appears below the image on the right. All text uses a blocky, pixelated font style. The image has a low-resolution, retro digital appearance with visible pixelation throughout the animals and background.

Description

  • Pixelated image of a brown cat and yellow duckling on blue background with text "Best Friends Forever" in pixel font.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Metadata Only Entities

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • brown cat yellow duckling blue background
  • best friends forever pixel font
  • animal companions pixel art
  • retro digital animal image
  • cat duckling text blue background
  • pixelated best friends forever
  • animal friendship pixel art
  • blue background cat duckling text

Visible Text

  • Best
  • Friends
  • Forever

Wordwall

  • brown cat
  • yellow duckling
  • blue background
  • pixel font
  • Best
  • Friends
  • Forever
  • blocky text
  • animal companions
  • retro digital look

Explore related icons

Browse all categories · How source collections are preserved

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200708271020391938303765
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:41 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.5 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/40/40677f86bab80f5a42589d2379b6df021dfd54f944cefc409b6085cde4ad0705.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 14:41 UTC
Archive ID
40677f86bab80f5a
SHA-256
40677f86bab80f5a42589d2379b6df021dfd54f944cefc409b6085cde4ad0705
Content-safety assessments (1)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 07:51 UTC
Run
107
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.097000

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.925900onnx/unsafe0.097000onnx/nsfw0.055642onnx/nsfl0.041358
Enrichment records (2)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Pixelated image of a brown cat and yellow duckling on blue background with text "Best Friends Forever" in pixel font.

Reviewed
August 26, 2026 at 06:04 UTC
Run
69
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,345 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,110, response 767

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • blue (color, 0.80)
  • brown (color, 0.80)
  • orange (color, 0.80)
  • yellow (color, 0.80)
  • affectionate (mood, 0.80)
  • friendly (mood, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • retro digital (style, 0.80)
  • brown cat (subject, 0.80)
  • yellow duckling (subject, 0.80)

Animation Summary

  • No visible animation changes; static image throughout all observations.

Colors

  • blue
  • brown
  • yellow
  • black
  • orange

Composition

  • cat behind duckling
  • text positioned around image

Dense Caption

Pixelated image shows a brown cat with orange-brown fur and black eyes positioned behind a yellow duckling with an orange beak and black eyes. The cat's head is slightly tilted downward toward the duckling. Both animals are on a solid blue background. Text "Best" appears in black pixel font on the right side of the image, "Friends" appears below the image on the left, and "Forever" appears below the image on the right. All text uses a blocky, pixelated font style. The image has a low-resolution, retro digital appearance with visible pixelation throughout the animals and background.

Description

  • Pixelated image of a brown cat and yellow duckling on blue background with text "Best Friends Forever" in pixel font.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Metadata Only Entities

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Mood

  • affectionate
  • friendly

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • brown cat yellow duckling blue background
  • best friends forever pixel font
  • animal companions pixel art
  • retro digital animal image
  • cat duckling text blue background
  • pixelated best friends forever
  • animal friendship pixel art
  • blue background cat duckling text

Style

  • pixelated
  • retro digital

Subjects

  • brown cat
  • yellow duckling

Visible Text

  • Best
  • Friends
  • Forever

Wordwall

  • brown cat
  • yellow duckling
  • blue background
  • pixel font
  • Best
  • Friends
  • Forever
  • blocky text
  • animal companions
  • retro digital look
Raw JSON
{
  "inputIndex": 0,
  "sha256": "40677f86bab80f5a42589d2379b6df021dfd54f944cefc409b6085cde4ad0705",
  "description": "Pixelated image of a brown cat and yellow duckling on blue background with text \u0022Best Friends Forever\u0022 in pixel font.",
  "denseCaption": "Pixelated image shows a brown cat with orange-brown fur and black eyes positioned behind a yellow duckling with an orange beak and black eyes. The cat\u0027s head is slightly tilted downward toward the duckling. Both animals are on a solid blue background. Text \u0022Best\u0022 appears in black pixel font on the right side of the image, \u0022Friends\u0022 appears below the image on the left, and \u0022Forever\u0022 appears below the image on the right. All text uses a blocky, pixelated font style. The image has a low-resolution, retro digital appearance with visible pixelation throughout the animals and background.",
  "wordwall": [
    "brown cat",
    "yellow duckling",
    "blue background",
    "pixel font",
    "Best",
    "Friends",
    "Forever",
    "blocky text",
    "animal companions",
    "retro digital look"
  ],
  "visibleText": [
    "Best",
    "Friends",
    "Forever"
  ],
  "uncertainText": [],
  "subjects": [
    "brown cat",
    "yellow duckling"
  ],
  "actions": [],
  "objects": [],
  "colors": [
    "blue",
    "brown",
    "yellow",
    "black",
    "orange"
  ],
  "style": [
    "pixelated",
    "retro digital"
  ],
  "composition": [
    "cat behind duckling",
    "text positioned around image"
  ],
  "mood": [
    "affectionate",
    "friendly"
  ],
  "animation": [],
  "preprocessingNotes": [],
  "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [],
  "metadataSupportedByImage": [],
  "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
    "provenance era: 2007",
    "provenance era: 2016",
    "provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)",
    "provenance collection-attribute: aim",
    "provenance topic-coverage: anime",
    "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities",
    "provenance topic-coverage: games",
    "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
    "provenance topic-coverage: humor",
    "provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive",
    "provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons",
    "provenance topic-coverage: anime",
    "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities",
    "provenance topic-coverage: games",
    "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
    "provenance topic-coverage: humor"
  ],
  "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
  "visuallySupportedEntities": [],
  "metadataOnlyEntities": [
    "provenance era: 2007",
    "provenance era: 2016",
    "provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)",
    "provenance collection-attribute: aim",
    "provenance topic-coverage: anime",
    "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities",
    "provenance topic-coverage: games",
    "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
    "provenance topic-coverage: humor",
    "provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive",
    "provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons"
  ],
  "identityHypotheses": [],
  "namedEntities": [],
  "fandoms": [],
  "animationSummary": "No visible animation changes; static image throughout all observations.",
  "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
    "brown cat yellow duckling blue background",
    "best friends forever pixel font",
    "animal companions pixel art",
    "retro digital animal image",
    "cat duckling text blue background",
    "pixelated best friends forever",
    "animal friendship pixel art",
    "blue background cat duckling text"
  ],
  "uncertainty": [],
  "aestheticStrengths": [],
  "aestheticWeaknesses": [],
  "tags": [
    {
      "tag": "brown cat",
      "category": "subject",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: brown cat"
    },
    {
      "tag": "yellow duckling",
      "category": "subject",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: yellow duckling"
    },
    {
      "tag": "pixelated",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: pixelated"
    },
    {
      "tag": "retro digital",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: retro digital"
    },
    {
      "tag": "affectionate",
      "category": "mood",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: affectionate"
    },
    {
      "tag": "friendly",
      "category": "mood",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: friendly"
    },
    {
      "tag": "blue",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: blue"
    },
    {
      "tag": "brown",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: brown"
    },
    {
      "tag": "yellow",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: yellow"
    },
    {
      "tag": "black",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: black"
    },
    {
      "tag": "orange",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: orange"
    }
  ],
  "rawModelResponse": {
    "icons": [
      {
        "inputIndex": 0,
        "sha256": "40677f86bab80f5a42589d2379b6df021dfd54f944cefc409b6085cde4ad0705",
        "description": "Pixelated image of a brown cat and yellow duckling on blue background with text \u0022Best Friends Forever\u0022 in pixel font.",
        "denseCaption": "Pixelated image shows a brown cat with orange-brown fur and black eyes positioned behind a yellow duckling with an orange beak and black eyes. The cat\u0027s head is slightly tilted downward toward the duckling. Both animals are on a solid blue background. Text \u0022Best\u0022 appears in black pixel font on the right side of the image, \u0022Friends\u0022 appears below the image on the left, and \u0022Forever\u0022 appears below the image on the right. All text uses a blocky, pixelated font style. The image has a low-resolution, retro digital appearance with visible pixelation throughout the animals and background.",
        "wordwall": [
          "brown cat",
          "yellow duckling",
          "blue background",
          "pixel font",
          "Best",
          "Friends",
          "Forever",
          "blocky text",
          "animal companions",
          "retro digital look"
        ],
        "visibleText": [
          "Best",
          "Friends",
          "Forever"
        ],
        "uncertainText": [],
        "subjects": [
          "brown cat",
          "yellow duckling"
        ],
        "actions": [],
        "objects": [],
        "colors": [
          "blue",
          "brown",
          "yellow",
          "black",
          "orange"
        ],
        "style": [
          "pixelated",
          "retro digital"
        ],
        "composition": [
          "cat behind duckling",
          "text positioned around image"
        ],
        "mood": [
          "affectionate",
          "friendly"
        ],
        "animation": [],
        "preprocessingNotes": [],
        "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [],
        "metadataSupportedByImage": [],
        "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
          "provenance era: 2007",
          "provenance era: 2016",
          "provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)",
          "provenance collection-attribute: aim",
          "provenance topic-coverage: anime",
          "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities",
          "provenance topic-coverage: games",
          "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
          "provenance topic-coverage: humor",
          "provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive",
          "provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons",
          "provenance topic-coverage: anime",
          "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities",
          "provenance topic-coverage: games",
          "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
          "provenance topic-coverage: humor"
        ],
        "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
        "visuallySupportedEntities": [],
        "metadataOnlyEntities": [
          "provenance era: 2007",
          "provenance era: 2016",
          "provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)",
          "provenance collection-attribute: aim",
          "provenance topic-coverage: anime",
          "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities",
          "provenance topic-coverage: games",
          "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
          "provenance topic-coverage: humor",
          "provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive",
          "provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons"
        ],
        "identityHypotheses": [],
        "namedEntities": [],
        "fandoms": [],
        "animationSummary": "No visible animation changes; static image throughout all observations.",
        "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
          "brown cat yellow duckling blue background",
          "best friends forever pixel font",
          "animal companions pixel art",
          "retro digital animal image",
          "cat duckling text blue background",
          "pixelated best friends forever",
          "animal friendship pixel art",
          "blue background cat duckling text"
        ],
        "tags": []
      }
    ]
  }
}
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 27, 2026 at 13:17 UTC
Run
52
Version
v5
Elapsed
0 ms
Error
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (127.0.0.1:11435)
Raw JSON
Source semantic tags (2)
TagConf.Evidencefranksicons.com shared buddy icons 2007 20160.65internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016 · typed-source-evidence-v2 · observation · file-name · gallery · observation-download-urlfranksicons.com shared buddy icons 2007 20160.65internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016 · typed-source-evidence-v2 · observation · file-name · gallery · observation-original-url
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
200708271020391938303765
Archive entry
200708271020391938303765.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#200708271020391938303765.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200708271020391938303765.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016