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Four distinct pixelated images arranged in a 2x2 grid, each depicting stylized figures with varied color palettes and backgrounds.

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Four distinct pixelated images arranged in a 2x2 grid, each depicting stylized figures with varied color palettes and backgrounds.

Four distinct pixelated images arranged in a 2x2 grid, each depicting stylized figures with varied color palettes and backgrounds. 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive F…

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Composition

  • 2x2 grid
  • four distinct panels

Dense Caption

Top-left quadrant: abstract figure with green, yellow, and orange pixelated shapes; top-right quadrant: purple and white figure with green background; bottom-left quadrant: pink and brown figure with black hair; bottom-right quadrant: yellow and brown figure with blue hair; all figures are stylized, pixelated, and lack clear facial features; background colors include green, purple, pink, brown, yellow, and blue; no visible text or symbols; static composition with no discernible motion.

Description

  • Four distinct pixelated images arranged in a 2x2 grid, each depicting stylized figures with varied color palettes and backgrounds.

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

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 20090823213657689556421

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pixelated 2x2 grid figures
  • abstract stylized figures
  • green purple pink brown yellow blue
  • no facial features
  • four distinct panels
  • pixelated abstract shapes
  • green background purple figure
  • pink figure blue hair

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  • 2x2 grid
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  • green background
  • purple figure
  • pink figure
  • brown background
  • yellow figure
  • blue hair
  • no facial features
  • abstract shapes

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090823213657689556421
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:02 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

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GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
2.6 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 16:02 UTC
Archive ID
416a06c7de119a1a
SHA-256
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Assessed
August 30, 2026 at 16:36 UTC
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15966
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July 23, 2026 at 07:52 UTC
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Four distinct pixelated images arranged in a 2x2 grid, each depicting stylized figures with varied color palettes and backgrounds.

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 16:58 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,939 ms
Tokens
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Review tags

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  • orange (color, 0.80)
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Colors

  • green
  • yellow
  • orange
  • purple
  • white
  • pink
  • brown
  • blue

Composition

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Dense Caption

Top-left quadrant: abstract figure with green, yellow, and orange pixelated shapes; top-right quadrant: purple and white figure with green background; bottom-left quadrant: pink and brown figure with black hair; bottom-right quadrant: yellow and brown figure with blue hair; all figures are stylized, pixelated, and lack clear facial features; background colors include green, purple, pink, brown, yellow, and blue; no visible text or symbols; static composition with no discernible motion.

Description

  • Four distinct pixelated images arranged in a 2x2 grid, each depicting stylized figures with varied color palettes and backgrounds.

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

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 20090823213657689556421

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Wordwall

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  • green background
  • purple figure
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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
20090823213657689556421
Archive entry
20090823213657689556421.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:02 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#20090823213657689556421.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090823213657689556421.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016