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A static image with a blue and pink gradient background displaying purple text reading "Oooh! Something shiny!!!" in two identical sections.

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A static image with a blue and pink gradient background displaying purple text reading "Oooh! Something shiny!!!" in two identical sections.

A static image with a blue and pink gradient background displaying purple text reading "Oooh! Something shiny!!!" in two identical sections. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from…

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Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • two identical text sections side-by-side
  • text centered in each section

Dense Caption

The image shows a digital graphic with a light blue to pink gradient background. Purple pixelated text appears twice: the top line reads "Oooh!" followed by "Something shiny!!!" below it, both repeated side-by-side and vertically. The text uses a blocky, retro-style font typical of early internet graphics. No additional visual elements or motion are present.

Description

  • A static image with a blue and pink gradient background displaying purple text reading "Oooh! Something shiny!!!" in two identical sections.

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

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 200712141559091849109011

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • blue pink gradient Oooh Something shiny
  • purple pixelated text retro digital
  • two identical sections playful mood
  • Oooh! Something shiny!!! blue background

Visible Text

  • Oooh!
  • Something shiny!!!

Wordwall

  • blue pink gradient background
  • purple pixelated text
  • "Oooh! Something shiny!!!"
  • two identical sections
  • retro digital font

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200712141559091849109011
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:04 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4.8 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/50/50a256ef64d422802ef7a8ce19c94cd80fbc27c6fb0414dedc511410be0d074d.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:04 UTC
Archive ID
50a256ef64d42280
SHA-256
50a256ef64d422802ef7a8ce19c94cd80fbc27c6fb0414dedc511410be0d074d
Content-safety assessments (2)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
July 31, 2026 at 01:58 UTC
Run
1249
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000061

OpenAI category scores

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Evidence strength is retained for queueing and audit. It does not set the public content-safety verdict.

EvidenceStrengthInputenrichment/visual/violence0.500000image
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 16:21 UTC
Run
1034
Input
image
Preprocessing
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Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.195406

OpenAI category scores

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A static image with a blue and pink gradient background displaying purple text reading "Oooh! Something shiny!!!" in two identical sections.

Reviewed
July 31, 2026 at 01:55 UTC
Run
55
Version
v5
Elapsed
6,324 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,110, response 631

Review tags

  • blue (color, 0.80)
  • pink (color, 0.80)
  • purple (color, 0.80)
  • excited (mood, 0.80)
  • playful (mood, 0.80)
  • gradient background (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • retro digital (style, 0.80)

Colors

  • blue
  • pink
  • purple

Composition

  • two identical text sections side-by-side
  • text centered in each section

Dense Caption

The image shows a digital graphic with a light blue to pink gradient background. Purple pixelated text appears twice: the top line reads "Oooh!" followed by "Something shiny!!!" below it, both repeated side-by-side and vertically. The text uses a blocky, retro-style font typical of early internet graphics. No additional visual elements or motion are present.

Description

  • A static image with a blue and pink gradient background displaying purple text reading "Oooh! Something shiny!!!" in two identical sections.

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

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 200712141559091849109011

Mood

  • playful
  • excited

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • blue pink gradient Oooh Something shiny
  • purple pixelated text retro digital
  • two identical sections playful mood
  • Oooh! Something shiny!!! blue background

Style

  • pixelated
  • retro digital
  • gradient background

Visible Text

  • Oooh!
  • Something shiny!!!

Wordwall

  • blue pink gradient background
  • purple pixelated text
  • "Oooh! Something shiny!!!"
  • two identical sections
  • retro digital font
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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
200712141559091849109011
Archive entry
200712141559091849109011.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:04 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#200712141559091849109011.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200712141559091849109011.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016