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Black-and-white cartoon-style image with three thought bubbles containing text: "what is up", "i know", and "THE SKY!".

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Black-and-white cartoon-style image with three thought bubbles containing text: "what is up", "i know", and "THE SKY!".

Black-and-white cartoon-style image with three thought bubbles containing text: "what is up", "i know", and "THE SKY!". Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fra…

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Style

Mood

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Source terms

Style

  • cartoon

Visible Text

  • what is up
  • i know
  • THE SKY!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200903191353051198796701
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:54 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
2.9 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/80/801e5116ca2a09bfd914d4aedf4ba48909719e4beae263ce61b4db8e10d49553.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
801e5116ca2a09bf
SHA-256
801e5116ca2a09bfd914d4aedf4ba48909719e4beae263ce61b4db8e10d49553
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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
200903191353051198796701
Archive entry
200903191353051198796701.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:54 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#200903191353051198796701.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200903191353051198796701.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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