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Pixelated text reads 'G is for GANGSTER' twice above orange flames on black background.

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Source terms

Composition

  • horizontal symmetry
  • text centered above flames
  • flames span full width

Dense Caption

Black background with two identical white pixelated text blocks reading 'G is for GANGSTER'. Each block has a large uppercase 'G', followed by lowercase 'is for', then uppercase 'GANGSTER'. Below the text, an orange pixelated flame pattern spans the width. The image uses 2-color palette: black and orange. Text is rendered in retro video game style with blocky pixels.

Description

  • Pixelated text reads 'G is for GANGSTER' twice above orange flames on black background.

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 collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 200712041508261029650238

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • G is for GANGSTER
  • pixelated flames
  • retro text icon
  • black orange white pixel art

Visible Text

  • G is for GANGSTER

Wordwall

  • two identical text blocks
  • black background
  • orange flames
  • pixelated text
  • G is for GANGSTER
  • retro video game style

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200712041508261029650238
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:02 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
505 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:02 UTC
Archive ID
a64219941e057f44
SHA-256
a64219941e057f44d18bf3a5a38486357f5d107589ae25cd7d8002d6eb50b38f
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:21 UTC
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1135
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image
Preprocessing
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Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.077806

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Pixelated text reads 'G is for GANGSTER' twice above orange flames on black background.

Reviewed
July 30, 2026 at 23:09 UTC
Run
55
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,596 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,148, response 646

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
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  • retro video game (style, 0.80)

Colors

  • black
  • orange
  • white

Composition

  • horizontal symmetry
  • text centered above flames
  • flames span full width

Dense Caption

Black background with two identical white pixelated text blocks reading 'G is for GANGSTER'. Each block has a large uppercase 'G', followed by lowercase 'is for', then uppercase 'GANGSTER'. Below the text, an orange pixelated flame pattern spans the width. The image uses 2-color palette: black and orange. Text is rendered in retro video game style with blocky pixels.

Description

  • Pixelated text reads 'G is for GANGSTER' twice above orange flames on black background.

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 collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 200712041508261029650238

Mood

  • aggressive
  • edgy
  • rebellious

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • G is for GANGSTER
  • pixelated flames
  • retro text icon
  • black orange white pixel art

Style

  • pixel art
  • retro video game
  • blocky text

Visible Text

  • G is for GANGSTER

Wordwall

  • two identical text blocks
  • black background
  • orange flames
  • pixelated text
  • G is for GANGSTER
  • retro video game style
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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
200712041508261029650238
Archive entry
200712041508261029650238.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:02 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#200712041508261029650238.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200712041508261029650238.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016