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Red heart-shaped puzzle with missing pieces, text overlay reading 'he's the piece to my puzzle!', and a final frame showing '<3' symbol.

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Red heart-shaped puzzle with missing pieces, text overlay reading 'he's the piece to my puzzle!', and a final frame showing '<3' symbol.

Red heart-shaped puzzle with missing pieces, text overlay reading 'he's the piece to my puzzle!', and a final frame showing '<3' symbol. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Int…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • <3 symbol

Visible Text

  • he's the
  • missing
  • piece to
  • my
  • puzzle!
  • <3

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090110124017581910540
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:48 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
7.7 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/54/540db5d9186fa220bbd76ad0d8838cee46964d9e7098feb7000f9b39978c1179.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
540db5d9186fa220
SHA-256
540db5d9186fa220bbd76ad0d8838cee46964d9e7098feb7000f9b39978c1179
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
20090110124017581910540
Archive entry
20090110124017581910540.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:48 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#20090110124017581910540.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090110124017581910540.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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