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Green pixelated text on a yellow-orange gradient background with pinkish-red splotches, arranged in four identical quadrants.

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Green pixelated text on a yellow-orange gradient background with pinkish-red splotches, arranged in four identical quadrants.

Green pixelated text on a yellow-orange gradient background with pinkish-red splotches, arranged in four identical quadrants. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archi…

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  • SMACK!!
  • SHOULD'VE
  • HAD
  • A
  • VB!!!!!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200709151034242093076521
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:45 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
5.5 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/72/72ed41139d992c6cdb49b95534ee58e5ae1fc434056e3fff5a9955b7b7a0cacc.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
72ed41139d992c6c
SHA-256
72ed41139d992c6cdb49b95534ee58e5ae1fc434056e3fff5a9955b7b7a0cacc
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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
200709151034242093076521
Archive entry
200709151034242093076521.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:45 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#200709151034242093076521.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200709151034242093076521.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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