Buddy Icon Archive Preserving the tiny pictures that made the internet personal.
Animated icon shows two cartoon characters with hearts floating above them, red text 'ily forever<3' overlaid, and a gray rectangle covering part of the right side.

Permanent icon record

Animated icon shows two cartoon characters with hearts floating above them, red text 'ily forever<3' overlaid, and a gray rectangle covering part of the right side.

Animated icon shows two cartoon characters with hearts floating above them, red text 'ily forever<3' overlaid, and a gray rectangle covering part of the right side. Animated 48×48…

Download original

About this icon

Depicts

Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Animation

  • hearts float upward

Animation Summary

  • Hearts float upward while characters remain static.

Composition

  • two characters side-by-side
  • text overlaid upper left
  • gray rectangle right side
  • hearts above characters

Dense Caption

The icon features two cartoon characters: a dog-like figure with large ears and a bandaged head, and a smaller figure with a striped head covering. Both characters have large black eyes and are positioned side-by-side. Red text 'ily forever<3' is overlaid in the upper left. Small dark hearts float above the characters. The right side of the image contains a solid gray rectangle. The background is black. The animation shows the hearts floating upward. The characters remain static.

Description

Animated icon shows two cartoon characters with hearts floating above them, red text 'ily forever<3' overlaid, and a gray rectangle covering part of the right side.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 20090920164323224898799

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance topic-coverage: anime

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • dog character bandaged head
  • small character striped head
  • red text forever
  • hearts float upward
  • gray rectangle right side
  • black background cartoon
  • affectionate anime icon
  • buddy icon hearts

Preprocessing Notes

  • gray rectangle covers part of right side

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • 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 collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Style

  • cartoon

Visible Text

  • ily forever<3

Wordwall

  • two cartoon characters
  • dog-like figure
  • bandaged head
  • striped head covering
  • large black eyes
  • red text 'ily forever<3'
  • floating dark hearts
  • black background
  • gray rectangle
  • hearts float upward

Explore related icons

Browse all categories · How source collections are preserved

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090920164323224898799
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:02 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.1 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/95/9543eaa2f705519f177cf416054a5784ca50461964a31cb10e0b6ebeec708961.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 16:02 UTC
Archive ID
9543eaa2f705519f
SHA-256
9543eaa2f705519f177cf416054a5784ca50461964a31cb10e0b6ebeec708961
Content-safety assessments (3)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 31, 2026 at 18:42 UTC
Run
15969
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.047288

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagviolence0.047288falseviolence/graphic0.009061falseself-harm0.004657falsesexual0.002826falseself-harm/intent0.000262falseself-harm/instructions0.000216falseharassment0.000093falseharassment/threatening0.000022falsehate0.000012falseillicit0.000010falsesexual/minors0.000008falseillicit/violent0.000004falsehate/threatening0.000001false
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 9, 2026 at 22:11 UTC
Run
1278
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.023050

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagviolence0.023050falsesexual0.020249falseself-harm0.000564falseself-harm/intent0.000241falseself-harm/instructions0.000216falseviolence/graphic0.000062falseharassment0.000000falseharassment/threatening0.000000falsehate0.000000falsehate/threatening0.000000falseillicit0.000000falseillicit/violent0.000000falsesexual/minors0.000000false
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:11 UTC
Run
1133
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.195748

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.904003onnx/unsafe0.195748onnx/nsfw0.103129onnx/nsfl0.092619
Enrichment records (1)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Animated icon shows two cartoon characters with hearts floating above them, red text 'ily forever<3' overlaid, and a gray rectangle covering part of the right side.

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 18:06 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,526 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,111, response 810

Review tags

  • hearts float upward (action, 0.80)
  • black (color, 0.80)
  • gray (color, 0.80)
  • affectionate (mood, 0.80)
  • playful (mood, 0.80)
  • dark hearts (object, 0.80)
  • gray rectangle (object, 0.80)
  • anime influenced (style, 0.80)
  • cartoon (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • dog like character (subject, 0.80)
  • small character with striped head covering (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • hearts float upward

Animation

  • hearts float upward

Animation Summary

  • Hearts float upward while characters remain static.

Colors

  • black
  • gray
  • red
  • white

Composition

  • two characters side-by-side
  • text overlaid upper left
  • gray rectangle right side
  • hearts above characters

Dense Caption

The icon features two cartoon characters: a dog-like figure with large ears and a bandaged head, and a smaller figure with a striped head covering. Both characters have large black eyes and are positioned side-by-side. Red text 'ily forever<3' is overlaid in the upper left. Small dark hearts float above the characters. The right side of the image contains a solid gray rectangle. The background is black. The animation shows the hearts floating upward. The characters remain static.

Description

Animated icon shows two cartoon characters with hearts floating above them, red text 'ily forever<3' overlaid, and a gray rectangle covering part of the right side.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 20090920164323224898799

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance topic-coverage: anime

Mood

  • affectionate
  • playful

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • dog character bandaged head
  • small character striped head
  • red text forever
  • hearts float upward
  • gray rectangle right side
  • black background cartoon
  • affectionate anime icon
  • buddy icon hearts

Objects

  • dark hearts
  • gray rectangle

Preprocessing Notes

  • gray rectangle covers part of right side

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • 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 collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Style

  • pixelated
  • cartoon
  • anime-influenced

Subjects

  • dog-like character
  • small character with striped head covering

Visible Text

  • ily forever<3

Wordwall

  • two cartoon characters
  • dog-like figure
  • bandaged head
  • striped head covering
  • large black eyes
  • red text 'ily forever<3'
  • floating dark hearts
  • black background
  • gray rectangle
  • hearts float upward
Raw JSON
{
  "inputIndex": 0,
  "sha256": "9543eaa2f705519f177cf416054a5784ca50461964a31cb10e0b6ebeec708961",
  "description": "Animated icon shows two cartoon characters with hearts floating above them, red text \u0027ily forever\u003C3\u0027 overlaid, and a gray rectangle covering part of the right side.",
  "denseCaption": "The icon features two cartoon characters: a dog-like figure with large ears and a bandaged head, and a smaller figure with a striped head covering. Both characters have large black eyes and are positioned side-by-side. Red text \u0027ily forever\u003C3\u0027 is overlaid in the upper left. Small dark hearts float above the characters. The right side of the image contains a solid gray rectangle. The background is black. The animation shows the hearts floating upward. The characters remain static.",
  "wordwall": [
    "two cartoon characters",
    "dog-like figure",
    "bandaged head",
    "striped head covering",
    "large black eyes",
    "red text \u0027ily forever\u003C3\u0027",
    "floating dark hearts",
    "black background",
    "gray rectangle",
    "hearts float upward"
  ],
  "visibleText": [
    "ily forever\u003C3"
  ],
  "uncertainText": [],
  "subjects": [
    "dog-like character",
    "small character with striped head covering"
  ],
  "actions": [
    "hearts float upward"
  ],
  "objects": [
    "dark hearts",
    "gray rectangle"
  ],
  "colors": [
    "black",
    "gray",
    "red",
    "white"
  ],
  "style": [
    "pixelated",
    "cartoon",
    "anime-influenced"
  ],
  "composition": [
    "two characters side-by-side",
    "text overlaid upper left",
    "gray rectangle right side",
    "hearts above characters"
  ],
  "mood": [
    "affectionate",
    "playful"
  ],
  "animation": [
    "hearts float upward"
  ],
  "preprocessingNotes": [
    "gray rectangle covers part of right side"
  ],
  "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [
    "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 collection-attribute: buddy-icons",
    "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities",
    "provenance topic-coverage: games",
    "provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive",
    "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
    "provenance topic-coverage: humor"
  ],
  "metadataSupportedByImage": [
    "provenance topic-coverage: anime"
  ],
  "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
    "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities",
    "provenance topic-coverage: games",
    "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
    "provenance topic-coverage: humor"
  ],
  "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
  "visuallySupportedEntities": [],
  "metadataOnlyEntities": [
    "franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016",
    "2007-2016",
    "franksicons",
    "20090920164323224898799"
  ],
  "identityHypotheses": [],
  "namedEntities": [],
  "fandoms": [],
  "animationSummary": "Hearts float upward while characters remain static.",
  "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
    "dog character bandaged head",
    "small character striped head",
    "red text forever",
    "hearts float upward",
    "gray rectangle right side",
    "black background cartoon",
    "affectionate anime icon",
    "buddy icon hearts"
  ],
  "uncertainty": [],
  "aestheticStrengths": [],
  "aestheticWeaknesses": [],
  "tags": [
    {
      "tag": "dog like character",
      "category": "subject",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: dog-like character"
    },
    {
      "tag": "small character with striped head covering",
      "category": "subject",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: small character with striped head covering"
    },
    {
      "tag": "hearts float upward",
      "category": "action",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: hearts float upward"
    },
    {
      "tag": "dark hearts",
      "category": "object",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: dark hearts"
    },
    {
      "tag": "gray rectangle",
      "category": "object",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: gray rectangle"
    },
    {
      "tag": "pixelated",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: pixelated"
    },
    {
      "tag": "cartoon",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: cartoon"
    },
    {
      "tag": "anime influenced",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: anime-influenced"
    },
    {
      "tag": "affectionate",
      "category": "mood",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: affectionate"
    },
    {
      "tag": "playful",
      "category": "mood",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: playful"
    },
    {
      "tag": "black",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: black"
    },
    {
      "tag": "gray",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: gray"
    }
  ],
  "rawModelResponse": {
    "icons": [
      {
        "inputIndex": 0,
        "sha256": "9543eaa2f705519f177cf416054a5784ca50461964a31cb10e0b6ebeec708961",
        "description": "Animated icon shows two cartoon characters with hearts floating above them, red text \u0027ily forever\u003C3\u0027 overlaid, and a gray rectangle covering part of the right side.",
        "denseCaption": "The icon features two cartoon characters: a dog-like figure with large ears and a bandaged head, and a smaller figure with a striped head covering. Both characters have large black eyes and are positioned side-by-side. Red text \u0027ily forever\u003C3\u0027 is overlaid in the upper left. Small dark hearts float above the characters. The right side of the image contains a solid gray rectangle. The background is black. The animation shows the hearts floating upward. The characters remain static.",
        "wordwall": [
          "two cartoon characters",
          "dog-like figure",
          "bandaged head",
          "striped head covering",
          "large black eyes",
          "red text \u0027ily forever\u003C3\u0027",
          "floating dark hearts",
          "black background",
          "gray rectangle",
          "hearts float upward"
        ],
        "visibleText": [
          "ily forever\u003C3"
        ],
        "uncertainText": [],
        "subjects": [
          "dog-like character",
          "small character with striped head covering"
        ],
        "actions": [
          "hearts float upward"
        ],
        "objects": [
          "dark hearts",
          "gray rectangle"
        ],
        "colors": [
          "black",
          "gray",
          "red",
          "white"
        ],
        "style": [
          "pixelated",
          "cartoon",
          "anime-influenced"
        ],
        "composition": [
          "two characters side-by-side",
          "text overlaid upper left",
          "gray rectangle right side",
          "hearts above characters"
        ],
        "mood": [
          "affectionate",
          "playful"
        ],
        "animation": [
          "hearts float upward"
        ],
        "preprocessingNotes": [
          "gray rectangle covers part of right side"
        ],
        "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [
          "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 collection-attribute: buddy-icons",
          "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities",
          "provenance topic-coverage: games",
          "provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive",
          "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
          "provenance topic-coverage: humor"
        ],
        "metadataSupportedByImage": [
          "provenance topic-coverage: anime"
        ],
        "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
          "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities",
          "provenance topic-coverage: games",
          "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
          "provenance topic-coverage: humor"
        ],
        "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
        "visuallySupportedEntities": [],
        "metadataOnlyEntities": [
          "franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016",
          "2007-2016",
          "franksicons",
          "20090920164323224898799"
        ],
        "identityHypotheses": [],
        "namedEntities": [],
        "fandoms": [],
        "animationSummary": "Hearts float upward while characters remain static.",
        "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
          "dog character bandaged head",
          "small character striped head",
          "red text forever",
          "hearts float upward",
          "gray rectangle right side",
          "black background cartoon",
          "affectionate anime icon",
          "buddy icon hearts"
        ],
        "tags": []
      }
    ]
  }
}
Source semantic tags (2)
TagConf.Evidencefranksicons.com shared buddy icons 2007 20160.65internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016 · typed-source-evidence-v2 · observation · file-name · gallery · observation-download-urlfranksicons.com shared buddy icons 2007 20160.65internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016 · typed-source-evidence-v2 · observation · file-name · gallery · observation-original-url
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
20090920164323224898799
Archive entry
20090920164323224898799.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:02 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#20090920164323224898799.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090920164323224898799.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016