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Green background with large yellow-outlined white 'U' letters, black text overlays reading "Now watch Me" and "Crank Da Soulja Boy!" in pixelated font.

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Green background with large yellow-outlined white 'U' letters, black text overlays reading "Now watch Me" and "Crank Da Soulja Boy!" in pixelated font.

Green background with large yellow-outlined white 'U' letters, black text overlays reading "Now watch Me" and "Crank Da Soulja Boy!" in pixelated font. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM budd…

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  • Now watch Me
  • Crank Da Soulja Boy!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080121085350595587276
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:11 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
5.1 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/57/579f7e9cd705bd64b6ca4504fe3c75891e36ade995a6d1b592606fd16f329312.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
579f7e9cd705bd64
SHA-256
579f7e9cd705bd64b6ca4504fe3c75891e36ade995a6d1b592606fd16f329312
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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
20080121085350595587276
Archive entry
20080121085350595587276.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:11 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#20080121085350595587276.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080121085350595587276.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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