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Pixelated orange background with black text and a running cat silhouette, displaying "BOO! did i scare you?" in two vertical arrangements.

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Pixelated orange background with black text and a running cat silhouette, displaying "BOO! did i scare you?" in two vertical arrangements.

Pixelated orange background with black text and a running cat silhouette, displaying "BOO! did i scare you?" in two vertical arrangements. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from I…

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  • BOO!
  • did
  • i
  • scare
  • you?

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20071021092751795821591
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:51 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
679 bytes
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/56/567d46c934e06a022bb9b177b1c5cc043e361c8ba58a3b7ac5963ccb93588108.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
567d46c934e06a02
SHA-256
567d46c934e06a022bb9b177b1c5cc043e361c8ba58a3b7ac5963ccb93588108
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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
20071021092751795821591
Archive entry
20071021092751795821591.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:51 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#20071021092751795821591.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20071021092751795821591.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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