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Pixelated hippopotamus head on left, green background with blue text reading 'they call me the hipho opotamus' and 'my rhymes are bottomless' on right.

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Pixelated hippopotamus head on left, green background with blue text reading 'they call me the hipho opotamus' and 'my rhymes are bottomless' on right.

Pixelated hippopotamus head on left, green background with blue text reading 'they call me the hipho opotamus' and 'my rhymes are bottomless' on right. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM budd…

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  • they call me
  • e the hiphop
  • opotamus
  • my rhymes
  • are
  • bottomless

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20071220144229374450364
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:05 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.5 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/69/6976390a1b434d987bdb604cee42032829cd8a9d0e399e9288c936c58b51a818.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
6976390a1b434d98
SHA-256
6976390a1b434d987bdb604cee42032829cd8a9d0e399e9288c936c58b51a818
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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
20071220144229374450364
Archive entry
20071220144229374450364.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:05 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#20071220144229374450364.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20071220144229374450364.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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