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Pixelated hippopotamus head on left, green background with red text blocks reading "I wanna Hippo-potamus for Christmas" and related phrases.

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Pixelated hippopotamus head on left, green background with red text blocks reading "I wanna Hippo-potamus for Christmas" and related phrases.

Pixelated hippopotamus head on left, green background with red text blocks reading "I wanna Hippo-potamus for Christmas" and related phrases. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon fro…

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  • I wanna Hippo-potamus for Christmas
  • There's lots of room for him in our two car garage
  • I'll feed him there n wash him there n give him his massage

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200712181525111506928692
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:05 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.5 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/9b/9bb480d85b59649b736cb8b2793b0842a855361d4bc55c18315480c7cfab2a06.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
9bb480d85b59649b
SHA-256
9bb480d85b59649b736cb8b2793b0842a855361d4bc55c18315480c7cfab2a06
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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
200712181525111506928692
Archive entry
200712181525111506928692.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:05 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#200712181525111506928692.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200712181525111506928692.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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