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Pixel art animation showing text and symbols changing across frames on a black background with white characters.

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Pixel art animation showing text and symbols changing across frames on a black background with white characters.

Pixel art animation showing text and symbols changing across frames on a black background with white characters. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcon…

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Actions

  • symbol changes from + to * to x to + to . to .. to BFF4L. to BFF4L to BFF4L with two dots

Objects

  • x symbol

Visible Text

  • Priscilla
  • Deanna
  • Gabby G.
  • =
  • BFF4L
  • +
  • *
  • x
  • .
  • ..
  • BFF4L.

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200810250949581066520391
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:41 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
507 bytes
Motion
Animated (9 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/4f/4f0325cb95b200a6793f5606ce6f12fe8554476f60d1d6b0efad9d527eac8996.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
4f0325cb95b200a6
SHA-256
4f0325cb95b200a6793f5606ce6f12fe8554476f60d1d6b0efad9d527eac8996
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
200810250949581066520391
Archive entry
200810250949581066520391.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:41 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#200810250949581066520391.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200810250949581066520391.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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