Pixel art animation of Pikachu with a Poké Ball, showing sequential frame changes in pose and ball position across eight sampled frames arranged in a 3x3 contact sheet layout.

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Pixel art animation of Pikachu with a Poké Ball, showing sequential frame changes in pose and ball position across eight sampled frames arranged in a 3x3 contact sheet layout.

Pixel art animation of Pikachu with a Poké Ball, showing sequential frame changes in pose and ball position across eight sampled frames arranged in a 3x3 contact sheet layout. Ani…

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Actions

  • raising arm

Animation

  • Pikachu's tail and Poké Ball position change across frames; ball floats above head then rests on head before returning upward

Animation Summary

  • 8-frame bounce animation showing Poké Ball floating above Pikachu's head then resting on its head before returning upward

Composition

  • centered subject with gray background

Dense Caption

The image displays an animated pixel art sequence featuring the Pokémon character Pikachu interacting with a Poké Ball. Each frame shows Pikachu's yellow body with red cheek spots, black-tipped ears, and tail, rendered in low-resolution 8-bit style. The animation cycles through different poses: leftmost frames show Pikachu standing with one arm raised while the Poké Ball floats above its head; middle frames depict Pikachu holding the Poké Ball on its head; rightmost frames return to the floating ball position. Frame-by-frame changes include subtle shifts in Pikachu's stance, tail angle, and Poké Ball placement (above head vs. on head). The background is solid gray with no visible transparency effects. All eight sampled frames maintain consistent color palette: bright yellow for Pikachu, red/white Poké Ball, black outlines, and gray background. No text appears within the icon itself. The animation demonstrates a simple bounce cycle where the Poké Ball moves from floating above to resting on Pikachu's head before returning upward again.

Description

Pixel art animation of Pikachu with a Poké Ball, showing sequential frame changes in pose and ball position across eight sampled frames arranged in a 3x3 contact sheet layout.

Fandoms

  • Pokémon

Identity Hypotheses

  • Pikachu | basis both | confidence high | evidence yellow body, red cheeks, black-tipped ears, Poké Ball interaction

Metadata Supported By Image

  • Nintendo character reference (Pikachu)
  • Poké Ball branding
  • 8-frame animation cycle

Named Entities

  • Pikachu

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pikachu pokeball animation
  • 8-bit pokemon buddy icon
  • gamecube aol pikachu icon
  • poké ball bounce cycle

Preprocessing Notes

  • contact sheet layout 3x3, sampled frame count 8, source frame count 8, solid gray background with no transparency effects

Safety Notes

  • non-explicit cartoon character, no nudity or explicit content

Source Metadata Interpretation

source hints indicate Nintendo GameCube AOL Buddy Icons from gamecubicle-gamecube-aim-icons collection; title suggests special buddy icons for GameCube era AOL IM

Style

  • cartoon

Visually Supported Entities

  • Pokémon franchise
  • Pikachu character
  • Poké Ball item

Wordwall

  • yellow pixelated Pikachu
  • red white Poké Ball
  • black-tipped ears
  • red cheek spots
  • pixel art animation
  • 8-bit style
  • gray background
  • floating Poké Ball
  • Poké Ball on head
  • left arm raised pose
  • tail angle variation
  • frame-to-frame motion
  • sequential bounce cycle
  • low-resolution rendering
  • solid gray backdrop
  • yellow body with red cheeks
  • black outlines
  • Pikachu standing pose
  • Poké Ball position change
  • 8 sampled frames

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 8, 2026

GameCubicle Nintendo GameCube AOL Buddy Icons

Source title
Nintendo GameCube AOL Buddy Icons
Category
specials buddyicons / nintendo gamecube aol buddy icons
Era
Early-2000s Game/Fan Promo
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 04:59 UTC

GameCubicle Nintendo GameCube AOL Buddy Icons

Source title
Nintendo GameCube AOL Buddy Icons
Category
specials buddyicons / nintendo gamecube aol buddy icons
Era
Early-2000s Game/Fan Promo
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 04:59 UTC
Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
3 KB
Motion
Animated (8 frames)
Added to archive
July 8, 2026
Relative path
icons/9b/9b07de05337f6e9d6566f6c539fea5f66124746e1e4978720440a7cb0faf714b.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 10, 2026 at 04:09 UTC
Archive ID
9b07de05337f6e9d
SHA-256
9b07de05337f6e9d6566f6c539fea5f66124746e1e4978720440a7cb0faf714b
Content-safety assessments (2)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 06:45 UTC
Run
106
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.088182

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.925413onnx/unsafe0.088182onnx/nsfw0.048358onnx/nsfl0.039824
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Assessed
July 12, 2026 at 07:15 UTC
Run
28
Input
image
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-smart
Overall label
safe
Overall score
0.950000

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flaglegacy/manual-review0.000000falselegacy/nsfw0.000000false
Enrichment records (1)
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Pixel art animation of Pikachu with a Poké Ball, showing sequential frame changes in pose and ball position across eight sampled frames arranged in a 3x3 contact sheet layout.

Reviewed
July 12, 2026 at 07:15 UTC
Run
28
Version
v3
Elapsed
13,907 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,939, response 1,055

Review tags

  • pikachu (subject, 0.95)
  • pokeball (object, 0.90)
  • pixelart (style, 0.85)
  • bounce (action, 0.80)
  • animation (medium, 0.80)
  • 8bit (style, 0.75)
  • buddyicon (format, 0.70)
  • nintendo (brand, 0.60)

Actions

  • floating
  • bouncing
  • holding
  • standing
  • raising arm

Animation

  • Pikachu's tail and Poké Ball position change across frames; ball floats above head then rests on head before returning upward

Animation Summary

  • 8-frame bounce animation showing Poké Ball floating above Pikachu's head then resting on its head before returning upward

Colors

  • yellow
  • red
  • white
  • black
  • gray

Composition

  • centered subject with gray background

Dense Caption

The image displays an animated pixel art sequence featuring the Pokémon character Pikachu interacting with a Poké Ball. Each frame shows Pikachu's yellow body with red cheek spots, black-tipped ears, and tail, rendered in low-resolution 8-bit style. The animation cycles through different poses: leftmost frames show Pikachu standing with one arm raised while the Poké Ball floats above its head; middle frames depict Pikachu holding the Poké Ball on its head; rightmost frames return to the floating ball position. Frame-by-frame changes include subtle shifts in Pikachu's stance, tail angle, and Poké Ball placement (above head vs. on head). The background is solid gray with no visible transparency effects. All eight sampled frames maintain consistent color palette: bright yellow for Pikachu, red/white Poké Ball, black outlines, and gray background. No text appears within the icon itself. The animation demonstrates a simple bounce cycle where the Poké Ball moves from floating above to resting on Pikachu's head before returning upward again.

Description

Pixel art animation of Pikachu with a Poké Ball, showing sequential frame changes in pose and ball position across eight sampled frames arranged in a 3x3 contact sheet layout.

Fandoms

  • Pokémon

Identity Hypotheses

  • Pikachu | basis both | confidence high | evidence yellow body, red cheeks, black-tipped ears, Poké Ball interaction

Metadata Supported By Image

  • Nintendo character reference (Pikachu)
  • Poké Ball branding
  • 8-frame animation cycle

Mood

  • playful

Named Entities

  • Pikachu

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pikachu pokeball animation
  • 8-bit pokemon buddy icon
  • gamecube aol pikachu icon
  • poké ball bounce cycle

Objects

  • Poké Ball

Preprocessing Notes

  • contact sheet layout 3x3, sampled frame count 8, source frame count 8, solid gray background with no transparency effects

Safety Notes

  • non-explicit cartoon character, no nudity or explicit content

Source Metadata Interpretation

source hints indicate Nintendo GameCube AOL Buddy Icons from gamecubicle-gamecube-aim-icons collection; title suggests special buddy icons for GameCube era AOL IM

Style

  • pixel art
  • 8-bit
  • low-resolution
  • cartoon

Subjects

  • Pikachu
  • Poké Ball

Visually Supported Entities

  • Pokémon franchise
  • Pikachu character
  • Poké Ball item

Wordwall

  • yellow pixelated Pikachu
  • red white Poké Ball
  • black-tipped ears
  • red cheek spots
  • pixel art animation
  • 8-bit style
  • gray background
  • floating Poké Ball
  • Poké Ball on head
  • left arm raised pose
  • tail angle variation
  • frame-to-frame motion
  • sequential bounce cycle
  • low-resolution rendering
  • solid gray backdrop
  • yellow body with red cheeks
  • black outlines
  • Pikachu standing pose
  • Poké Ball position change
  • 8 sampled frames
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Full source records (2)

GameCubicle Nintendo GameCube AOL Buddy Icons (gamecubicle-gamecube-aim-icons)

Kind
static-gallery
Era
Early-2000s Game/Fan Promo
Type
fan-site static AIM install gallery
Category
specials buddyicons / nintendo gamecube aol buddy icons
Title
Nintendo GameCube AOL Buddy Icons
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 04:59 UTC
Rights
licensed game/fan material; research/reference only by default
Slice
Nintendo and GameCube fan-site AOL buddy icons with AIM install links

GameCubicle Nintendo GameCube AOL Buddy Icons (gamecubicle-gamecube-aim-icons)

Kind
static-gallery
Era
Early-2000s Game/Fan Promo
Type
fan-site static AIM install gallery
Category
specials buddyicons / nintendo gamecube aol buddy icons
Title
Nintendo GameCube AOL Buddy Icons
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 04:59 UTC
Rights
licensed game/fan material; research/reference only by default
Slice
Nintendo and GameCube fan-site AOL buddy icons with AIM install links