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Red lollipop with 'POP' text on a white background, split into four quadrants with red and gray sections containing pixelated text.

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Red lollipop with 'POP' text on a white background, split into four quadrants with red and gray sections containing pixelated text.

Red lollipop with 'POP' text on a white background, split into four quadrants with red and gray sections containing pixelated text. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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  • Mr. Owl, how many licks does it take
  • to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200910091530481159554436
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:03 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.2 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/69/699d242a5e56b804af4ad6bd37faa126e6d37c386d2be62f155184dc5a3bc136.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
699d242a5e56b804
SHA-256
699d242a5e56b804af4ad6bd37faa126e6d37c386d2be62f155184dc5a3bc136
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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
200910091530481159554436
Archive entry
200910091530481159554436.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:03 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#200910091530481159554436.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200910091530481159554436.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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