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Animated pixel art of a ship with multiple figures on deck, transitioning to a penguin with text, then to two people in a grayscale image.

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Animated pixel art of a ship with multiple figures on deck, transitioning to a penguin with text, then to two people in a grayscale image.

Animated pixel art of a ship with multiple figures on deck, transitioning to a penguin with text, then to two people in a grayscale image. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from I…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • flag

Subjects

  • penguin

Visible Text

  • WILL
  • LIVE
  • HERE
  • BUT
  • REASON
  • GET
  • YOU
  • ALONE
  • I
  • NOT
  • WORL

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200903051857312008636480
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:53 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
5.4 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/65/65d5059b3f4e01e2dd12aa7a7b9a8226fe7e03cea37b2bd58248633c0268f206.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
65d5059b3f4e01e2
SHA-256
65d5059b3f4e01e2dd12aa7a7b9a8226fe7e03cea37b2bd58248633c0268f206
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
200903051857312008636480
Archive entry
200903051857312008636480.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:53 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#200903051857312008636480.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200903051857312008636480.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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