Buddy Icon Archive Preserving the tiny pictures that made the internet personal.
Green background with red-and-white striped candy canes; red background with green text reading 'Merry' and 'Christmas !!' in pixelated font.

Permanent icon record

Green background with red-and-white striped candy canes; red background with green text reading 'Merry' and 'Christmas !!' in pixelated font.

Green background with red-and-white striped candy canes; red background with green text reading 'Merry' and 'Christmas !!' in pixelated font. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon fro…

A visual description has not been added yet. The archival record below is still available.

Download original

About this icon

Depicts

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • quadrant layout
  • candy canes on green background
  • text on red background
  • text on gray background

Dense Caption

Green background with multiple red-and-white striped candy canes; red background with green pixelated text reading 'Merry' in top-right quadrant and 'Christmas !!' in bottom-left quadrant; gray background in bottom-right quadrant; no visible motion or animation changes; text is partially cut off at top-left edge of image.

Description

Green background with red-and-white striped candy canes; red background with green text reading 'Merry' and 'Christmas !!' in pixelated font.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • candy canes green background
  • Merry Christmas text
  • red background pixelated text
  • Christmas !! text
  • candy canes striped
  • green red white gray
  • pixelated text holiday
  • Merry Christmas holiday

Visible Text

  • Merry
  • Christmas
  • !!

Wordwall

  • candy canes
  • green background
  • red background
  • gray background
  • pixelated text
  • Merry
  • Christmas
  • !!
  • red-and-white stripes
  • candy canes on green
  • text on red
  • text on gray
  • candy canes striped
  • Merry on red
  • Christmas on red
  • !! on red
  • text cut off

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
20081215134449921384904
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:46 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.8 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/a4/a4fb19b9e4a7d403bf173519eae88dfdc2c96d01a13cad0ddc74dfc4d102b225.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:46 UTC
Archive ID
a4fb19b9e4a7d403
SHA-256
a4fb19b9e4a7d403bf173519eae88dfdc2c96d01a13cad0ddc74dfc4d102b225
Content-safety assessments (1)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:20 UTC
Run
1135
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.088244

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.932317onnx/unsafe0.088244onnx/nsfw0.045969onnx/nsfl0.042274
Enrichment records (1)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Green background with red-and-white striped candy canes; red background with green text reading 'Merry' and 'Christmas !!' in pixelated font.

Reviewed
August 18, 2026 at 13:52 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,120 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,107, response 716

Review tags

  • gray (color, 0.80)
  • green (color, 0.80)
  • red (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • festive (mood, 0.80)
  • blocky (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • candy canes (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • green
  • red
  • white
  • gray

Composition

  • quadrant layout
  • candy canes on green background
  • text on red background
  • text on gray background

Dense Caption

Green background with multiple red-and-white striped candy canes; red background with green pixelated text reading 'Merry' in top-right quadrant and 'Christmas !!' in bottom-left quadrant; gray background in bottom-right quadrant; no visible motion or animation changes; text is partially cut off at top-left edge of image.

Description

Green background with red-and-white striped candy canes; red background with green text reading 'Merry' and 'Christmas !!' in pixelated font.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Mood

  • festive

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • candy canes green background
  • Merry Christmas text
  • red background pixelated text
  • Christmas !! text
  • candy canes striped
  • green red white gray
  • pixelated text holiday
  • Merry Christmas holiday

Objects

  • candy canes

Style

  • pixelated
  • blocky

Subjects

  • candy canes

Visible Text

  • Merry
  • Christmas
  • !!

Wordwall

  • candy canes
  • green background
  • red background
  • gray background
  • pixelated text
  • Merry
  • Christmas
  • !!
  • red-and-white stripes
  • candy canes on green
  • text on red
  • text on gray
  • candy canes striped
  • Merry on red
  • Christmas on red
  • !! on red
  • text cut off
Raw JSON
{
  "inputIndex": 0,
  "sha256": "a4fb19b9e4a7d403bf173519eae88dfdc2c96d01a13cad0ddc74dfc4d102b225",
  "description": "Green background with red-and-white striped candy canes; red background with green text reading \u0027Merry\u0027 and \u0027Christmas !!\u0027 in pixelated font.",
  "denseCaption": "Green background with multiple red-and-white striped candy canes; red background with green pixelated text reading \u0027Merry\u0027 in top-right quadrant and \u0027Christmas !!\u0027 in bottom-left quadrant; gray background in bottom-right quadrant; no visible motion or animation changes; text is partially cut off at top-left edge of image.",
  "wordwall": [
    "candy canes",
    "green background",
    "red background",
    "gray background",
    "pixelated text",
    "Merry",
    "Christmas",
    "!!",
    "red-and-white stripes",
    "candy canes on green",
    "text on red",
    "text on gray",
    "candy canes striped",
    "Merry on red",
    "Christmas on red",
    "!! on red",
    "candy canes on green",
    "text cut off"
  ],
  "visibleText": [
    "Merry",
    "Christmas",
    "!!"
  ],
  "uncertainText": [],
  "subjects": [
    "candy canes"
  ],
  "actions": [],
  "objects": [
    "candy canes"
  ],
  "colors": [
    "green",
    "red",
    "white",
    "gray"
  ],
  "style": [
    "pixelated",
    "blocky"
  ],
  "composition": [
    "quadrant layout",
    "candy canes on green background",
    "text on red background",
    "text on gray background"
  ],
  "mood": [
    "festive"
  ],
  "animation": [],
  "preprocessingNotes": [],
  "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [],
  "metadataSupportedByImage": [],
  "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
    "provenance era: 2007",
    "provenance era: 2016",
    "provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)",
    "provenance collection-attribute: aim",
    "provenance topic-coverage: anime",
    "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities",
    "provenance topic-coverage: games",
    "provenance topic-coverage: humor",
    "provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive",
    "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
    "provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons",
    "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
    "provenance topic-coverage: humor",
    "provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive",
    "provenance topic-coverage: games",
    "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities"
  ],
  "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
  "visuallySupportedEntities": [],
  "metadataOnlyEntities": [],
  "identityHypotheses": [],
  "namedEntities": [],
  "fandoms": [],
  "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
    "candy canes green background",
    "Merry Christmas text",
    "red background pixelated text",
    "Christmas !! text",
    "candy canes striped",
    "green red white gray",
    "pixelated text holiday",
    "Merry Christmas holiday"
  ],
  "uncertainty": [],
  "aestheticStrengths": [],
  "aestheticWeaknesses": [],
  "tags": [
    {
      "tag": "candy canes",
      "category": "subject",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: candy canes"
    },
    {
      "tag": "pixelated",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: pixelated"
    },
    {
      "tag": "blocky",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: blocky"
    },
    {
      "tag": "festive",
      "category": "mood",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: festive"
    },
    {
      "tag": "green",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: green"
    },
    {
      "tag": "red",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: red"
    },
    {
      "tag": "white",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: white"
    },
    {
      "tag": "gray",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: gray"
    }
  ],
  "rawModelResponse": {
    "icons": [
      {
        "inputIndex": 0,
        "sha256": "a4fb19b9e4a7d403bf173519eae88dfdc2c96d01a13cad0ddc74dfc4d102b225",
        "description": "Green background with red-and-white striped candy canes; red background with green text reading \u0027Merry\u0027 and \u0027Christmas !!\u0027 in pixelated font.",
        "denseCaption": "Green background with multiple red-and-white striped candy canes; red background with green pixelated text reading \u0027Merry\u0027 in top-right quadrant and \u0027Christmas !!\u0027 in bottom-left quadrant; gray background in bottom-right quadrant; no visible motion or animation changes; text is partially cut off at top-left edge of image.",
        "wordwall": [
          "candy canes",
          "green background",
          "red background",
          "gray background",
          "pixelated text",
          "Merry",
          "Christmas",
          "!!",
          "red-and-white stripes",
          "candy canes on green",
          "text on red",
          "text on gray",
          "candy canes striped",
          "Merry on red",
          "Christmas on red",
          "!! on red",
          "candy canes on green",
          "text cut off"
        ],
        "visibleText": [
          "Merry",
          "Christmas",
          "!!"
        ],
        "uncertainText": [],
        "subjects": [
          "candy canes"
        ],
        "actions": [],
        "objects": [
          "candy canes"
        ],
        "colors": [
          "green",
          "red",
          "white",
          "gray"
        ],
        "style": [
          "pixelated",
          "blocky"
        ],
        "composition": [
          "quadrant layout",
          "candy canes on green background",
          "text on red background",
          "text on gray background"
        ],
        "mood": [
          "festive"
        ],
        "animation": [],
        "preprocessingNotes": [],
        "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [],
        "metadataSupportedByImage": [],
        "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
          "provenance era: 2007",
          "provenance era: 2016",
          "provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)",
          "provenance collection-attribute: aim",
          "provenance topic-coverage: anime",
          "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities",
          "provenance topic-coverage: games",
          "provenance topic-coverage: humor",
          "provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive",
          "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
          "provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons",
          "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
          "provenance topic-coverage: humor",
          "provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive",
          "provenance topic-coverage: games",
          "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities"
        ],
        "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
        "visuallySupportedEntities": [],
        "metadataOnlyEntities": [],
        "identityHypotheses": [],
        "namedEntities": [],
        "fandoms": [],
        "animationSummary": "",
        "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
          "candy canes green background",
          "Merry Christmas text",
          "red background pixelated text",
          "Christmas !! text",
          "candy canes striped",
          "green red white gray",
          "pixelated text holiday",
          "Merry Christmas holiday"
        ],
        "tags": []
      }
    ]
  }
}
Source semantic tags (2)
TagConf.Evidencefranksicons.com shared buddy icons 2007 20160.65internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016 · typed-source-evidence-v2 · observation · file-name · gallery · observation-download-urlfranksicons.com shared buddy icons 2007 20160.65internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016 · typed-source-evidence-v2 · observation · file-name · gallery · observation-original-url
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
20081215134449921384904
Archive entry
20081215134449921384904.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:46 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#20081215134449921384904.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081215134449921384904.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016