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Pixelated purple creature with large eyes and white accents holds a glowing orb against dark background, surrounded by pink text.

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Pixelated purple creature with large eyes and white accents holds a glowing orb against dark background, surrounded by pink text.

Pixelated purple creature with large eyes and white accents holds a glowing orb against dark background, surrounded by pink text. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet A…

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  • love is giving someone the
  • power to break your heart but
  • trusting them not to i<3u

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200709231041381982597241
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:47 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/44/448d9f7308e61bbe5e4e48b66e5b8ffc55b11fc856c1d9bcc41bfbd6bfe0b27d.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
448d9f7308e61bbe
SHA-256
448d9f7308e61bbe5e4e48b66e5b8ffc55b11fc856c1d9bcc41bfbd6bfe0b27d
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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
200709231041381982597241
Archive entry
200709231041381982597241.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:47 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#200709231041381982597241.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200709231041381982597241.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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