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Pixelated black cat silhouette on yellow background with blue text reading "It's black! It's cute! What is it doin?" in three lines.

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Pixelated black cat silhouette on yellow background with blue text reading "It's black! It's cute! What is it doin?" in three lines.

Pixelated black cat silhouette on yellow background with blue text reading "It's black! It's cute! What is it doin?" in three lines. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Interne…

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Subjects

  • cat

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  • It's black!
  • It's cute!
  • What is it doin?

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200811041025542139804465
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:42 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.9 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/51/5176b07af50f37b42abba3be380ee6dd1102b91aa8f1014b75252db6bb093771.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
5176b07af50f37b4
SHA-256
5176b07af50f37b42abba3be380ee6dd1102b91aa8f1014b75252db6bb093771
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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
200811041025542139804465
Archive entry
200811041025542139804465.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:42 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#200811041025542139804465.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200811041025542139804465.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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