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Pixelated icon with four quadrants showing tennis court, music notes, 'nerds rule!' text, and a cartoon character holding objects.

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Pixelated icon with four quadrants showing tennis court, music notes, 'nerds rule!' text, and a cartoon character holding objects.

Pixelated icon with four quadrants showing tennis court, music notes, 'nerds rule!' text, and a cartoon character holding objects. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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  • cartoon character

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  • Tennis
  • Music
  • nerds rule!

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080806112013249902976
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:35 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4.7 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/5b/5b577a23402ea9e0e394703e4f387f639e0a6e5ef8cbb27960e8ee8fbe34678c.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
5b577a23402ea9e0
SHA-256
5b577a23402ea9e0e394703e4f387f639e0a6e5ef8cbb27960e8ee8fbe34678c
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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
20080806112013249902976
Archive entry
20080806112013249902976.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:35 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#20080806112013249902976.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080806112013249902976.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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