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Pixelated cartoon character with brown body and black background, featuring red text overlays and multiple expressions across frames.

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Pixelated cartoon character with brown body and black background, featuring red text overlays and multiple expressions across frames.

Pixelated cartoon character with brown body and black background, featuring red text overlays and multiple expressions across frames. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Intern…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Style

  • cartoon

Subjects

  • cartoon character

Visible Text

  • Boxman
  • HE'S A BOX
  • MAN!

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080304174855581245220
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:17 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4.2 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/8c/8c161a7a7347d09ef3d0c1e27a129de1ca7d1097ba8946c1d3b58136883dbfc4.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
8c161a7a7347d09e
SHA-256
8c161a7a7347d09ef3d0c1e27a129de1ca7d1097ba8946c1d3b58136883dbfc4
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
20080304174855581245220
Archive entry
20080304174855581245220.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:17 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#20080304174855581245220.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080304174855581245220.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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