Buddy Icon Archive Preserving the tiny pictures that made the internet personal.
six distinct pixelated images featuring text, symbols, and figures including a shield emblem with 'J', band members, and anime-style characters

Permanent icon record

six distinct pixelated images featuring text, symbols, and figures including a shield emblem with 'J', band members, and anime-style characters

six distinct pixelated images featuring text, symbols, and figures including a shield emblem with 'J', band members, and anime-style characters. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon…

Download original

About this icon

Depicts

Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • guitar

Visible Text

  • It's a
  • thing!
  • YO
  • Chat's Magical
  • I Don't Know It
  • nick

Explore related icons

Browse all categories · How source collections are preserved

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200805301522091175892786
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:28 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
9.1 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/a2/a2fef391572ac26b3894fdcefa73004f64e7a010ee125e33c588c037af821faf.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
a2fef391572ac26b
SHA-256
a2fef391572ac26b3894fdcefa73004f64e7a010ee125e33c588c037af821faf
Full source records (1)

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
200805301522091175892786
Archive entry
200805301522091175892786.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:28 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#200805301522091175892786.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200805301522091175892786.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

View the complete metadata record (JSON)