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Pixelated anime-style buddy icon showing two characters in various poses with text overlays, including '<3' and 'Un', against colored backgrounds.

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Pixelated anime-style buddy icon showing two characters in various poses with text overlays, including '<3' and 'Un', against colored backgrounds.

Pixelated anime-style buddy icon showing two characters in various poses with text overlays, including '<3' and 'Un', against colored backgrounds. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy ico…

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Source terms

Subjects

  • two anime characters (one with dark hair, red tongue; one with yellow hair)

Visible Text

  • <3
  • Un

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080308020036450917533
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:17 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
7.5 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/61/61855b7acda3c0c4d85aa10fd00d8cee62118a570659efb16a365b6221a34ffe.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
61855b7acda3c0c4
SHA-256
61855b7acda3c0c4d85aa10fd00d8cee62118a570659efb16a365b6221a34ffe
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
20080308020036450917533
Archive entry
20080308020036450917533.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:17 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#20080308020036450917533.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080308020036450917533.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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