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A pixelated image of a person in a red leotard standing with arms extended against a white background, next to pink text on black.

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A pixelated image of a person in a red leotard standing with arms extended against a white background, next to pink text on black.

A pixelated image of a person in a red leotard standing with arms extended against a white background, next to pink text on black. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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  • FORGET THE RISK TAKE THE FALL
  • F IT'S
  • MENT
  • TO BE
  • IT'S
  • WORTH
  • IT ALL

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090328083029416325116
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:55 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.5 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/54/540bf564e53ed22f09492823ec7b777eefff2fee6d9a4b579b8568f594f03f6a.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
540bf564e53ed22f
SHA-256
540bf564e53ed22f09492823ec7b777eefff2fee6d9a4b579b8568f594f03f6a
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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
20090328083029416325116
Archive entry
20090328083029416325116.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:55 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#20090328083029416325116.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090328083029416325116.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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