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Animated pixel art with red text and yellow lightning on black background, repeating phrases about sky lighting up and rain pouring.

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Animated pixel art with red text and yellow lightning on black background, repeating phrases about sky lighting up and rain pouring.

Animated pixel art with red text and yellow lightning on black background, repeating phrases about sky lighting up and rain pouring. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Interne…

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  • LIGHTNING! LIGHTNING!
  • sky lites Up
  • ppl run
  • rain pours.
  • ...DIE!!!!!!!!!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080831173855759444448
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:37 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.1 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/4c/4cd4a9cd318c51aec561ff991b9cba4f259c0d5bdd165234c3d5b78ec7c3601e.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
4cd4a9cd318c51ae
SHA-256
4cd4a9cd318c51aec561ff991b9cba4f259c0d5bdd165234c3d5b78ec7c3601e
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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
20080831173855759444448
Archive entry
20080831173855759444448.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:37 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#20080831173855759444448.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080831173855759444448.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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