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Six distinct ferret-themed pixel art images arranged in a , each with unique text overlays and backgrounds

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Six distinct ferret-themed pixel art images arranged in a , each with unique text overlays and backgrounds

Six distinct ferret-themed pixel art images arranged in a , each with unique text overlays and backgrounds. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Sha…

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Source terms

Composition

  • six distinct

Dense Caption

Top-left: Ferret on orange fabric with 'Ferrets=^' text. Top-middle: Gray ferret on dark background with 'Ferrets rule' and '^(%.%)^' text. Top-right: Ferret with purple sunglasses and 'cool ;]' text. Bottom-left: Ferret on blue fabric with 'sweet ;)' text. Bottom-middle: Green background with 'By:Emeralda AKA Ed' text. Bottom-right: Empty gray space. All images are pixelated, 2D, and static. Text uses blue, purple, and black fonts with pixelated edges. Backgrounds include orange fabric, dark gray, light green, blue fabric, green, and gray.

Description

  • Six distinct ferret-themed pixel art images arranged in a , each with unique text overlays 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
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • ferret pixel art
  • ferret sunglasses text
  • ferret orange fabric
  • ferret blue fabric
  • ferret green background
  • ferret text overlays
  • ferret cool sweet
  • ferret By Emeralda

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined description: Six distinct ferret-themed pixel art images arranged in a 2x3 grid, each with unique text overlays and backgrounds.
  • quarantined composition: six distinct panels
  • quarantined composition: 2x3 grid

Style

  • 2D

Visible Text

  • Ferrets=^
  • Ferrets rule
  • ^(%.%)^
  • cool ;]
  • sweet ;)
  • By:Emeralda
  • AKA
  • Ed

Wordwall

  • ferret
  • orange fabric
  • purple sunglasses
  • green background
  • blue fabric
  • text overlays
  • pixelated
  • 2D
  • static
  • ^(%.%)^
  • cool ;]
  • sweet ;)
  • Ferrets=^
  • Ferrets rule
  • By:Emeralda AKA Ed

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090505164809173552098
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:57 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
7.3 KB
Motion
Animated (5 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 15:57 UTC
Archive ID
4c8e242d969bb2d3
SHA-256
4c8e242d969bb2d33bb39405ef84158bd289545d595258c28bb707914fbdda6f
Content-safety assessments (3)
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Assessed
August 31, 2026 at 20:09 UTC
Run
15969
Input
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Preprocessing
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Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
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OpenAI category scores

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Assessed
August 10, 2026 at 00:21 UTC
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July 23, 2026 at 16:16 UTC
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OpenAI category scores

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Six distinct ferret-themed pixel art images arranged in a , each with unique text overlays and backgrounds

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 08:59 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,350 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,165, response 770

Review tags

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  • humorous (mood, 0.80)
  • playful (mood, 0.80)
  • blue fabric (object, 0.80)
  • gray background (object, 0.80)
  • green background (object, 0.80)
  • orange fabric (object, 0.80)
  • purple sunglasses (object, 0.80)
  • 2d (style, 0.80)
  • pixel art (style, 0.80)
  • static (style, 0.80)
  • ferret (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • orange
  • gray
  • purple
  • green
  • blue
  • black
  • white

Composition

  • six distinct

Dense Caption

Top-left: Ferret on orange fabric with 'Ferrets=^' text. Top-middle: Gray ferret on dark background with 'Ferrets rule' and '^(%.%)^' text. Top-right: Ferret with purple sunglasses and 'cool ;]' text. Bottom-left: Ferret on blue fabric with 'sweet ;)' text. Bottom-middle: Green background with 'By:Emeralda AKA Ed' text. Bottom-right: Empty gray space. All images are pixelated, 2D, and static. Text uses blue, purple, and black fonts with pixelated edges. Backgrounds include orange fabric, dark gray, light green, blue fabric, green, and gray.

Description

  • Six distinct ferret-themed pixel art images arranged in a , each with unique text overlays 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
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Mood

  • playful
  • humorous

Non Redundant Search Phrases

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  • ferret sunglasses text
  • ferret orange fabric
  • ferret blue fabric
  • ferret green background
  • ferret text overlays
  • ferret cool sweet
  • ferret By Emeralda

Objects

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  • purple sunglasses
  • blue fabric
  • green background
  • gray background

Preprocessing Notes

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  • quarantined composition: six distinct panels
  • quarantined composition: 2x3 grid

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  • pixel art
  • 2D
  • static

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  • Ferrets=^
  • Ferrets rule
  • ^(%.%)^
  • cool ;]
  • sweet ;)
  • By:Emeralda
  • AKA
  • Ed

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  • orange fabric
  • purple sunglasses
  • green background
  • blue fabric
  • text overlays
  • pixelated
  • 2D
  • static
  • ^(%.%)^
  • cool ;]
  • sweet ;)
  • Ferrets=^
  • Ferrets rule
  • By:Emeralda AKA Ed
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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
20090505164809173552098
Archive entry
20090505164809173552098.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:57 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#20090505164809173552098.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090505164809173552098.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016