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A pixelated image with a person's face on the top-left, blue background with white text reading "BEHIND THE SEA" and "and boy did they have fun".

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A pixelated image with a person's face on the top-left, blue background with white text reading "BEHIND THE SEA" and "and boy did they have fun".

A pixelated image with a person's face on the top-left, blue background with white text reading "BEHIND THE SEA" and "and boy did they have fun". Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon…

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  • BEHIND
  • THE
  • SEA
  • and boy
  • did they
  • have fun

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080901195958224579726
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:38 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
3.7 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/6c/6c21189d847f285cba7fd977fb7161bf267d0eb559c6aa48cf57174bd64981e4.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
6c21189d847f285c
SHA-256
6c21189d847f285cba7fd977fb7161bf267d0eb559c6aa48cf57174bd64981e4
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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
20080901195958224579726
Archive entry
20080901195958224579726.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:38 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#20080901195958224579726.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080901195958224579726.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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