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Red Tootsie Pop icon with 'POP' text on top, surrounded by red pixelated text asking how many licks it takes to get to the center.

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Red Tootsie Pop icon with 'POP' text on top, surrounded by red pixelated text asking how many licks it takes to get to the center.

Red Tootsie Pop icon with 'POP' text on top, surrounded by red pixelated text asking how many licks it takes to get to the center. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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  • How many licks does it take
  • to get to the center
  • of a Tootsie pop?

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200709141521291148267059
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:45 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.2 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/57/57ebfc8a25b83e54d783ba1d8b55f1d6907326f1f438856a820fd36597e017cf.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
57ebfc8a25b83e54
SHA-256
57ebfc8a25b83e54d783ba1d8b55f1d6907326f1f438856a820fd36597e017cf
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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
200709141521291148267059
Archive entry
200709141521291148267059.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:45 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#200709141521291148267059.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200709141521291148267059.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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