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Pixelated image of a person with dark hair and sunglasses on the left, red background with black text about animal sounds and Michael Jackson on the right.

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Pixelated image of a person with dark hair and sunglasses on the left, red background with black text about animal sounds and Michael Jackson on the right.

Pixelated image of a person with dark hair and sunglasses on the left, red background with black text about animal sounds and Michael Jackson on the right. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM…

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  • What Sound Does A Dog Make? WOOF!
  • A Cat? MEOW!
  • A Duck? QUACK!
  • How About Michael Jackson?! OWWWWW! <3

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090224192138842306933
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:53 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.9 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/a1/a163160b75d6458b984d7d2f7c3991f07f6f6a2e2e0b47cb15a0c8f7c6390fc6.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
a163160b75d6458b
SHA-256
a163160b75d6458b984d7d2f7c3991f07f6f6a2e2e0b47cb15a0c8f7c6390fc6
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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
20090224192138842306933
Archive entry
20090224192138842306933.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:53 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#20090224192138842306933.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090224192138842306933.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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