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Pixelated banana image with yellow text on black background reading 'why have a banana when you can have rice cakes? BANANAS ARE FOR SQUARES!'

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Pixelated banana image with yellow text on black background reading 'why have a banana when you can have rice cakes? BANANAS ARE FOR SQUARES!'

Pixelated banana image with yellow text on black background reading 'why have a banana when you can have rice cakes? BANANAS ARE FOR SQUARES!'. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon f…

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  • why have a banana
  • when you can have rice cakes?
  • BANANAS ARE FOR
  • SQUARES!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200802212018011004235074
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:15 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.7 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/9f/9fa62d77cd626e4f426c85e5c92af57d79ebe2c62cd2451a9078858800b0351d.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
9fa62d77cd626e4f
SHA-256
9fa62d77cd626e4f426c85e5c92af57d79ebe2c62cd2451a9078858800b0351d
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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
200802212018011004235074
Archive entry
200802212018011004235074.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:15 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#200802212018011004235074.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200802212018011004235074.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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