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A 5x5 contact sheet of animated frames showing the phrase "WISHING UPON A STAR" forming over a blue star background, with pixelated text and varying transparency levels across sampled frames.
A 5x5 contact sheet of animated frames showing the phrase "WISHING UPON A STAR" forming over a blue star background, with pixelated text and varying transparency levels across sam…
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Source & archive date
- Added to archive
- July 8, 2026
Wayback CDX CoolBuddy.com Icon GIF Captures
- Source title
- 3155
- Category
- icon / iconupload / buddypics / 3155
- Era
- Mid-2000s Mega Gallery
- Observed
- July 8, 2026 at 01:15 UTC
Technical archive details
- Format
- GIF
- Dimensions
- 48×48 pixels
- File size
- 3.9 KB
- Motion
- Animated (30 frames)
- Added to archive
- July 8, 2026
- Relative path
- icons/40/40d1999d84ff0e5d7a19a747ff53b0c5fa0682344f748e37c67b32c346afd49a.gif
- Media type
- image/gif
- Scanner metadata
- v1
- Animation inspected
- July 10, 2026 at 04:06 UTC
- Archive ID
- 40d1999d84ff0e5d
- SHA-256
- 40d1999d84ff0e5d7a19a747ff53b0c5fa0682344f748e37c67b32c346afd49a
Content-safety assessments (2)
- Assessed
- July 22, 2026 at 10:01 UTC
- Run
- 89
- Input
- image
- Preprocessing
- four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
- Overall label
- sfw
- Overall score
- 0.119123
OpenAI category scores
- Assessed
- July 11, 2026 at 07:45 UTC
- Run
- 27
- Input
- image
- Preprocessing
- contact-sheet-smart
- Overall label
- safe
- Overall score
- 0.900000
OpenAI category scores
Enrichment records (1)
A 5x5 contact sheet of animated frames showing the phrase "WISHING UPON A STAR" forming over a blue star background, with pixelated text and varying transparency levels across sampled frames.
- Reviewed
- July 11, 2026 at 07:45 UTC
- Run
- 27
- Version
- v3
- Elapsed
- 11,115 ms
- Tokens
- prompt 3,573, response 1,347
Review tags
- blue star (object, 0.95)
- pixelated text (subject, 0.95)
- star background (subject, 0.95)
- wishing upon a star (text, 0.95)
- progressive text visibility (action, 0.90)
- text animation (action, 0.90)
- 8 bit font (style, 0.90)
- gray transparent background (composition, 0.85)
- retro digital art (style, 0.85)
- contact sheet (composition, 0.75)
Actions
- text forming over time
- progressive visibility change
Animation
- text appears frame-by-frame from left to right, top to bottom
- "WISHING" visible in early frames
- "WISHING UPON" added next
- "WISHING UPON A" added later
- full phrase "WISHING UPON A STAR" completed in final frames
Animation Summary
Progressive pixelated text animation forming "WISHING UPON A STAR" over a blue star background across 25 sampled frames, with increasing visibility from partial to full phrase.
Colors
- dark blue
- lighter blue
- white
- black
- gray
Composition
- centered text on star-shaped background
- 5x5 grid layout of frames
Dense Caption
The image is a 5x5 grid contact sheet displaying 25 sequential animation frames from an AOL Instant Messenger buddy icon. Each frame features a dark blue star-shaped background with lighter blue internal patterns on a gray transparent backdrop. The central visual element is pixelated text forming the phrase "WISHING UPON A STAR" across multiple frames, starting as partial words and gradually completing through successive frames. Text appears in white with black outlines, using a retro 8-bit font style typical of early internet graphics. Frame-by-frame changes show progressive text visibility: initial frames display only "WISHING," followed by "WISHING UPON," then "WISHING UPON A," and finally the full phrase "WISHING UPON A STAR." Some frames exhibit slight transparency variations in the star background, while others maintain consistent opacity. The animation progresses left-to-right, top-to-bottom across the grid, with no additional subjects or objects beyond text and the star pattern. Pixelation is visible throughout due to low-resolution rendering common in early digital media.
Description
A 5x5 contact sheet of animated frames showing the phrase "WISHING UPON A STAR" forming over a blue star background, with pixelated text and varying transparency levels across sampled frames.
Identity Hypotheses
Wishing Upon A Star | basis both | confidence 0.8 | evidence: text phrase matches song lyric from Disney's The Lion King, visible in all final frames
Metadata Not Confirmed By Image
- source hints do not specify exact character/fandom beyond "3155"; no visible characters or specific fandom markers present
Metadata Supported By Image
- text phrase matches common song lyric from Disney's The Lion King ("Wishing Upon A Star")
- blue star background aligns with typical early internet buddy icon aesthetics
Mood
- nostalgic
- minimalist
- calming
Named Entities
- The Lion King | basis metadata-compatible | confidence 0.7 | evidence: lyrics reference in visible text
Non Redundant Search Phrases
- blue star wishing upon a star animation
- pixelated text buddy icon
- 8-bit retro wish star gif
- Wishing Upon A Star contact sheet
- text forming star background animation
Objects
- blue star shape
- gray transparent backdrop
Preprocessing Notes
- 5x5 contact sheet layout with 25 sampled animation frames
- gray transparent background for all frames
- source frame count: 30, sampled frame count: 25
- contact sheet arranged left-to-right then top-to-bottom
Safety Notes
- non-explicit text reference to song lyric; no nudity or explicit content
Source Metadata Interpretation
source hints suggest "wayback-coolbuddy-gifs" and category "icon / iconupload / buddypics / 3155"; URL reference to "3155" likely indicates a catalog number or identifier for this specific animation
Style
- pixelated
- retro 8-bit
- low-resolution digital art
Subjects
- text phrase "WISHING UPON A STAR"
- star background pattern
Visible Text
- WISHING
- WISHING UPON
- WISHING UPON A
- WISHING UPON A STAR
Visually Supported Entities
- Disney's The Lion King (lyric reference)
Wordwall
- blue star background
- pixelated white text
- retro 8-bit font
- gray transparent backdrop
- text forming phrase
- "WISHING" partial text
- "WISHING UPON" partial text
- "WISHING UPON A" partial text
- full "WISHING UPON A STAR" text
- 5x5 contact sheet grid
- frame-by-frame animation
- progressive text visibility
- dark blue star outline
- lighter blue internal patterns
- white text with black outlines
- pixelated edges
- transparency variations
- no additional subjects
- text-only icon
- blue and gray color scheme
Raw JSON
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Full source records (1)
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 / 3155
- Alt
- 3155
- Observed
- July 8, 2026 at 01:15 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/3155.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20130727013637id_/http://www.coolbuddy.com/icon/iconupload/buddypics/3155.gif