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Green square with light green border contains white text 'aliens are amazing' and four pixelated alien icons in corners.

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Green square with light green border contains white text 'aliens are amazing' and four pixelated alien icons in corners.

Green square with light green border contains white text 'aliens are amazing' and four pixelated alien icons in corners. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fr…

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  • aliens
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  • a.m.a.z.i.n.g.

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200804271231182137699966
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:24 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
396 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/7d/7d951778548aa315ebaa181742be47ec892ebe71cc9b6063db67cdfc4ef9ce75.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
7d951778548aa315
SHA-256
7d951778548aa315ebaa181742be47ec892ebe71cc9b6063db67cdfc4ef9ce75
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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
200804271231182137699966
Archive entry
200804271231182137699966.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:24 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#200804271231182137699966.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200804271231182137699966.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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