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Blue background with red and purple circles; four instances of 'boo-ya' text; red and purple circles shift positions between frames.

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Blue background with red and purple circles; four instances of 'boo-ya' text; red and purple circles shift positions between frames.

Blue background with red and purple circles; four instances of 'boo-ya' text; red and purple circles shift positions between frames. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Interne…

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Depicts

Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Animation

  • circle motion
  • circle size change
  • circle rotation

Animation Summary

  • Red and purple circles shift positions, change size, and rotate across a blue background while 'boo-ya' text remains static.

Composition

  • scattered circles
  • text placement

Dense Caption

Blue background with scattered red and purple circles. Four instances of 'boo-ya' text in black pixelated font. Red and purple circles shift positions between frames: some circles move left/right, some change size, and some rotate. The animation shows continuous motion of circular shapes across the blue background.

Description

  • Blue background with red and purple circles; four instances of 'boo-ya' text; red and purple circles shift positions between frames.

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: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • blue background red circles purple circles
  • boo-ya text animation
  • circle motion size change rotation
  • pixelated animation blue background
  • scattered circles blue background
  • red purple circles animation
  • boo-ya circles animation
  • blue background circle animation

Visible Text

  • boo-ya

Wordwall

  • blue background
  • red circles
  • purple circles
  • four 'boo-ya' texts
  • pixelated font
  • circle motion
  • size change
  • rotation
  • scattered circles

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200901031550101194483636
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:48 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.4 KB
Motion
Animated (4 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 15:48 UTC
Archive ID
4ac21bcb859cd5f6
SHA-256
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Assessed
August 8, 2026 at 15:39 UTC
Run
1275
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Overall score
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July 23, 2026 at 16:14 UTC
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Blue background with red and purple circles; four instances of 'boo-ya' text; red and purple circles shift positions between frames.

Reviewed
August 18, 2026 at 16:37 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,679 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,111, response 684

Review tags

  • circle motion (action, 0.80)
  • circle rotation (action, 0.80)
  • circle size change (action, 0.80)
  • blue (color, 0.80)
  • red (color, 0.80)
  • dynamic (mood, 0.80)
  • playful (mood, 0.80)
  • purple circles (object, 0.80)
  • red circles (object, 0.80)
  • animated (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • repeating pattern (style, 0.80)

Actions

  • circle motion
  • circle size change
  • circle rotation

Animation

  • circle motion
  • circle size change
  • circle rotation

Animation Summary

  • Red and purple circles shift positions, change size, and rotate across a blue background while 'boo-ya' text remains static.

Colors

  • blue
  • red
  • purple

Composition

  • scattered circles
  • text placement

Dense Caption

Blue background with scattered red and purple circles. Four instances of 'boo-ya' text in black pixelated font. Red and purple circles shift positions between frames: some circles move left/right, some change size, and some rotate. The animation shows continuous motion of circular shapes across the blue background.

Description

  • Blue background with red and purple circles; four instances of 'boo-ya' text; red and purple circles shift positions between frames.

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: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Mood

  • playful
  • dynamic

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  • circle motion size change rotation
  • pixelated animation blue background
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  • red purple circles animation
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Objects

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  • purple circles

Style

  • pixelated
  • animated
  • repeating pattern

Visible Text

  • boo-ya

Wordwall

  • blue background
  • red circles
  • purple circles
  • four 'boo-ya' texts
  • pixelated font
  • circle motion
  • size change
  • rotation
  • scattered circles
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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
200901031550101194483636
Archive entry
200901031550101194483636.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:48 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#200901031550101194483636.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200901031550101194483636.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016