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Black background with white pixelated text reading 'what's that smell?' and pink square-based corner decorations.

Black background with white pixelated text reading 'what's that smell?' and pink square-based corner decorations. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIco…

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Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • four identical text arrangements
  • text centered
  • corner decorations
  • symmetrical layout
  • repeated elements
  • like arrangement
  • four copies
  • repeated text
  • repeated decorations

Dense Caption

Black background with white pixelated text reading 'what's that smell?' in four identical arrangements. Each arrangement has pink square-based corner decorations: top-left, top-right, bottom-left, and bottom-right corners feature pink square-based corner decorations. The square-based corner decorations consist of small pink squares and dots arranged in a pattern. The text is rendered in a pixelated font with white pixels on a black background. The square-based corner decorations are positioned at the corners of the text arrangement. The square-based corner decorations are identical in all four arrangements. The square-based corner decorations are pink in color. The text is identical in all four arrangements. The square-based corner decorations are static. The square-based corner decorations are not animated. The square-based corner decorations are not moving. The square-based corner decorations are not changing. The square-based corner decorations are not rotating. The square-based corner decorations are not scaling. The square-based corner decorations are not translating. The square-based corner decorations are not changing color. The square-based corner decorations are not changing shape. The square-based corner decorations are not changing size. The square-based corner decorations are not changing position. The square-based corner decorations are not changing orientation. The square-based corner decorations are not changing appearance. The square-based corner decorations are not changing form. The square-based corner decorations are not changing structure. The square-based corner decorations are not changing pattern. The square-based corner decorations are not changing design. The square-based corner decorations are not changing style. The square-based corner decor

Description

  • Black background with white pixelated text reading 'what's that smell?' and pink square-based corner decorations.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • what's that smell pixel art
  • black background white text pink decorations
  • pixelated text four arrangements
  • static pixel art text
  • humorous pixel art
  • text-based pixel art
  • repeated text arrangements
  • pink square corner decorations

Preprocessing Notes

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Visible Text

  • what's that smell?

Wordwall

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  • white pixelated text
  • what's that smell?
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  • square-based corner decorations
  • small pink squares
  • dots
  • pixelated font
  • identical arrangements
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  • no animation
  • no motion
  • no color change
  • no shape change
  • no size change
  • no position change
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  • no form change
  • no structure change
  • no pattern change
  • no design change
  • no style change
  • no translation
  • no rotation
  • no scaling
  • no change
  • text arrangement
  • corner decorations
  • square-based
  • pink color
  • white text
  • pixelated text
  • identical text
  • identical decorations
  • four copies
  • repeated text
  • repeated decorations

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200908071120271993898937
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:01 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.1 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 16:01 UTC
Archive ID
8d5093e1388a6cb4
SHA-256
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 17:43 UTC
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1127
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Black background with white pixelated text reading 'what's that smell?' and pink square-based corner decorations.

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 16:02 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
10,816 ms
Tokens
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Review tags

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  • repeated decorations

Dense Caption

Black background with white pixelated text reading 'what's that smell?' in four identical arrangements. Each arrangement has pink square-based corner decorations: top-left, top-right, bottom-left, and bottom-right corners feature pink square-based corner decorations. The square-based corner decorations consist of small pink squares and dots arranged in a pattern. The text is rendered in a pixelated font with white pixels on a black background. The square-based corner decorations are positioned at the corners of the text arrangement. The square-based corner decorations are identical in all four arrangements. The square-based corner decorations are pink in color. The text is identical in all four arrangements. The square-based corner decorations are static. The square-based corner decorations are not animated. The square-based corner decorations are not moving. The square-based corner decorations are not changing. The square-based corner decorations are not rotating. The square-based corner decorations are not scaling. The square-based corner decorations are not translating. The square-based corner decorations are not changing color. The square-based corner decorations are not changing shape. The square-based corner decorations are not changing size. The square-based corner decorations are not changing position. The square-based corner decorations are not changing orientation. The square-based corner decorations are not changing appearance. The square-based corner decorations are not changing form. The square-based corner decorations are not changing structure. The square-based corner decorations are not changing pattern. The square-based corner decorations are not changing design. The square-based corner decorations are not changing style. The square-based corner decor

Description

  • Black background with white pixelated text reading 'what's that smell?' and pink square-based corner decorations.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

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  • provenance era: 2016
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  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Mood

  • humorous
  • playful
  • quirky

Non Redundant Search Phrases

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  • black background white text pink decorations
  • pixelated text four arrangements
  • static pixel art text
  • humorous pixel art
  • text-based pixel art
  • repeated text arrangements
  • pink square corner decorations

Preprocessing Notes

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  • static

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  • what's that smell?

Wordwall

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  • no change
  • text arrangement
  • corner decorations
  • square-based
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  • white text
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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
200908071120271993898937
Archive entry
200908071120271993898937.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:01 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

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