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Pixelated text reads "Basketball. Basketball." above red pixelated shapes on black background.

Pixelated text reads "Basketball. Basketball." above red pixelated shapes on black background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Ico…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • horizontal text band above horizontal shape band

Dense Caption

Black background with white pixelated text reading "Basketball. Basketball." centered horizontally in the upper half of the image. Below the text, a horizontal band of red pixelated shapes resembling flames or abstract forms spans the entire width. The shapes have varying heights and irregular edges, composed entirely of solid red pixels without gradients or outlines.

Description

  • Pixelated text reads "Basketball. Basketball." above red pixelated shapes on black background.

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: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 20090302180555807741240

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • basketball text pixel art red shapes
  • pixelated basketball text black background

Visible Text

  • Basketball. Basketball.

Wordwall

  • text: "Basketball. Basketball."

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090302180555807741240
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:53 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
668 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:53 UTC
Archive ID
4a7ba248e9b2a2c5
SHA-256
4a7ba248e9b2a2c598d001bedfd9e38284ff735a7fe162105dc1540f0175e46b
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Pixelated text reads "Basketball. Basketball." above red pixelated shapes on black background.

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 01:27 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
6,175 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,144, response 525

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • red (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • neutral (mood, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
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  • red pixelated shapes (subject, 0.80)
  • text (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • black
  • white
  • red

Composition

  • horizontal text band above horizontal shape band

Dense Caption

Black background with white pixelated text reading "Basketball. Basketball." centered horizontally in the upper half of the image. Below the text, a horizontal band of red pixelated shapes resembling flames or abstract forms spans the entire width. The shapes have varying heights and irregular edges, composed entirely of solid red pixels without gradients or outlines.

Description

  • Pixelated text reads "Basketball. Basketball." above red pixelated shapes on black background.

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: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 20090302180555807741240

Mood

  • neutral

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • basketball text pixel art red shapes
  • pixelated basketball text black background

Style

  • pixel art
  • low-resolution

Subjects

  • text
  • red pixelated shapes

Visible Text

  • Basketball. Basketball.

Wordwall

  • text: "Basketball. Basketball."
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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
20090302180555807741240
Archive entry
20090302180555807741240.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:53 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#20090302180555807741240.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090302180555807741240.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016