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Pixelated text and hearts on black background with gray corner, showing animation of heart count increase across frames.

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Pixelated text and hearts on black background with gray corner, showing animation of heart count increase across frames.

Pixelated text and hearts on black background with gray corner, showing animation of heart count increase across frames. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fr…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • text block

Style

  • 8-bit style

Subjects

  • text block

Visible Text

  • I
  • LOVE
  • U
  • MICHEAL
  • !!

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200805041713321721979929
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:25 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
982 bytes
Motion
Animated (8 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/57/578d03775c47faf5b0da34c89a09b5c690ed9dd5e39eea4f9dd6d25f14e35620.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
578d03775c47faf5
SHA-256
578d03775c47faf5b0da34c89a09b5c690ed9dd5e39eea4f9dd6d25f14e35620
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
200805041713321721979929
Archive entry
200805041713321721979929.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:25 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#200805041713321721979929.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200805041713321721979929.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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