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Red background with black pixelated text reading "elmo is still in STYE! gosh..." and yellow highlighted sections changing across frames.

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Red background with black pixelated text reading "elmo is still in STYE! gosh..." and yellow highlighted sections changing across frames.

Red background with black pixelated text reading "elmo is still in STYE! gosh..." and yellow highlighted sections changing across frames. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from In…

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  • elmo
  • is
  • still in
  • STYE!
  • gosh...

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080414063827241280011
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:23 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
479 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/86/86bfbd5f60680b757c57174015024645cd1bb0b170a3a96eb6d5a4bc905a7810.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
86bfbd5f60680b75
SHA-256
86bfbd5f60680b757c57174015024645cd1bb0b170a3a96eb6d5a4bc905a7810
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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
20080414063827241280011
Archive entry
20080414063827241280011.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:23 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#20080414063827241280011.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080414063827241280011.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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