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Pixelated text reads "Sam and Theresa BFFL'S" over a dark red background with pink circles.

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Pixelated text reads "Sam and Theresa BFFL'S" over a dark red background with pink circles.

Pixelated text reads "Sam and Theresa BFFL'S" over a dark red background with pink circles. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons……

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Source terms

Composition

  • centered text
  • scattered circles

Dense Caption

Dark red background with multiple pink circles of varying sizes. Pixelated white text in four lines: "Sam" on first line, "and" on second line, "Theresa" on third line, "BFFL'S" on fourth line. Text is centered horizontally. Circles are scattered across background, some overlapping text. All elements are static.

Description

  • Pixelated text reads "Sam and Theresa BFFL'S" over a dark red background with pink circles.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • Sam and Theresa BFFL'S
  • pixelated text dark red background
  • pink circles white text
  • BFFL'S text

Visible Text

  • Sam
  • and
  • Theresa
  • BFFL'S

Wordwall

  • dark red background
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  • Sam
  • and
  • Theresa
  • BFFL'S
  • four lines of text
  • scattered circles
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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20070815075224362945888
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:38 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
764 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 14:38 UTC
Archive ID
7ba36e8b8ae92ed4
SHA-256
7ba36e8b8ae92ed4b4f333f286b23679a0bb4065894640c3135d739028bd4f24
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Assessed
August 8, 2026 at 05:34 UTC
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1275
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July 23, 2026 at 17:11 UTC
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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Pixelated text reads "Sam and Theresa BFFL'S" over a dark red background with pink circles.

Reviewed
August 25, 2026 at 23:53 UTC
Run
69
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,117 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,146, response 623

Review tags

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  • pink (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
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  • dark red
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  • white

Composition

  • centered text
  • scattered circles

Dense Caption

Dark red background with multiple pink circles of varying sizes. Pixelated white text in four lines: "Sam" on first line, "and" on second line, "Theresa" on third line, "BFFL'S" on fourth line. Text is centered horizontally. Circles are scattered across background, some overlapping text. All elements are static.

Description

  • Pixelated text reads "Sam and Theresa BFFL'S" over a dark red background with pink circles.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

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  • Sam and Theresa BFFL'S
  • pixelated text dark red background
  • pink circles white text
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  • pixelated
  • low-resolution
  • text-based

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  • Sam
  • and
  • Theresa
  • BFFL'S

Wordwall

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  • pink circles
  • pixelated white text
  • Sam
  • and
  • Theresa
  • BFFL'S
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  • scattered circles
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Reviewed
July 27, 2026 at 11:42 UTC
Run
52
Version
v5
Elapsed
0 ms
Error
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (127.0.0.1:11435)
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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
20070815075224362945888
Archive entry
20070815075224362945888.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:38 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#20070815075224362945888.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070815075224362945888.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016