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A split-screen image with a black-and-white cartoon character on the top-left and pixelated text in brown on cyan backgrounds.

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A split-screen image with a black-and-white cartoon character on the top-left and pixelated text in brown on cyan backgrounds.

A split-screen image with a black-and-white cartoon character on the top-left and pixelated text in brown on cyan backgrounds. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Arch…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Actions

  • mouth open

Subjects

  • cartoon character

Visible Text

  • sentences of yours, running throughout my head
  • searching for a chance to catch my breath.

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200712201852131102362040
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:05 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.9 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/86/869c7aebd6ea575803b0a28245934cb56e6744b822bdf75e73eceef37314bf7f.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
869c7aebd6ea5758
SHA-256
869c7aebd6ea575803b0a28245934cb56e6744b822bdf75e73eceef37314bf7f
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
200712201852131102362040
Archive entry
200712201852131102362040.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:05 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#200712201852131102362040.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200712201852131102362040.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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