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Purple background with repeated text 'Brendan is my BEST buddy' in dark brown pixelated font, featuring a red horizontal blur effect across the center.

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Purple background with repeated text 'Brendan is my BEST buddy' in dark brown pixelated font, featuring a red horizontal blur effect across the center.

Purple background with repeated text 'Brendan is my BEST buddy' in dark brown pixelated font, featuring a red horizontal blur effect across the center. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM budd…

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080320060309464611683
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:19 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.6 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/5f/5fb1727865ea8e30ecf15547ee8f4aea26d4910fbcf15eec75e8de5656b8d38d.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
5fb1727865ea8e30
SHA-256
5fb1727865ea8e30ecf15547ee8f4aea26d4910fbcf15eec75e8de5656b8d38d
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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
20080320060309464611683
Archive entry
20080320060309464611683.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:19 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#20080320060309464611683.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080320060309464611683.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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