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Pixelated cartoon fish characters with one orange fish and one blue fish against a dark blue background, accompanied by blue text on black.

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Pixelated cartoon fish characters with one orange fish and one blue fish against a dark blue background, accompanied by blue text on black.

Pixelated cartoon fish characters with one orange fish and one blue fish against a dark blue background, accompanied by blue text on black. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from…

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  • Just keep swimming!
  • Oh look!
  • A light!
  • I will name its glowing.
  • it Squishy!
  • And it will be mine...
  • AHHHH!!!
  • Kylie M.

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200806151406331820999646
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:30 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.9 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/a1/a12260138a5dcd9fd34ae24156ad4d710ae5c204bb9309738a30d4a54d726b01.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
a12260138a5dcd9f
SHA-256
a12260138a5dcd9fd34ae24156ad4d710ae5c204bb9309738a30d4a54d726b01
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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
200806151406331820999646
Archive entry
200806151406331820999646.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:30 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#200806151406331820999646.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200806151406331820999646.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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