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Blue background with repeated dark text and scattered red pixel clusters, no visible animation changes across observations.

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Blue background with repeated dark text and scattered red pixel clusters, no visible animation changes across observations.

Blue background with repeated dark text and scattered red pixel clusters, no visible animation changes across observations. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive…

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  • we pretend we pretend we pretend
  • planes in thplanes in thplanes in th
  • t sky are ht sky are ht sky are
  • oting starsoting starsoting stars
  • use a wist use a wist use a wist

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20100601112337275825214
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:06 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
587 bytes
Motion
Animated (9 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/48/48934b6007dbf411605c6a27d4293450e2de5d86d6968f1860a33db44d6943bf.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
48934b6007dbf411
SHA-256
48934b6007dbf411605c6a27d4293450e2de5d86d6968f1860a33db44d6943bf
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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
20100601112337275825214
Archive entry
20100601112337275825214.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:06 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#20100601112337275825214.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20100601112337275825214.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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