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A bright pink background with repeated cyan text "if only i could find him he'd be AWESOME!" and scattered yellow stars.

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A bright pink background with repeated cyan text "if only i could find him he'd be AWESOME!" and scattered yellow stars.

A bright pink background with repeated cyan text "if only i could find him he'd be AWESOME!" and scattered yellow stars. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fr…

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  • if only i could find him he'd be AWESOME!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200806101341231043704573
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:29 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1000 bytes
Motion
Animated (11 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/7e/7e8b77702ff7f3fb00be3ec89f826a8b8b8457145d44cbab89a462b12c9d68f8.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
7e8b77702ff7f3fb
SHA-256
7e8b77702ff7f3fb00be3ec89f826a8b8b8457145d44cbab89a462b12c9d68f8
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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
200806101341231043704573
Archive entry
200806101341231043704573.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:29 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#200806101341231043704573.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200806101341231043704573.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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