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Three identical figures with dark hair and black shirts stand side-by-side, each wearing a white collar and holding a large heart-shaped object.

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Three identical figures with dark hair and black shirts stand side-by-side, each wearing a white collar and holding a large heart-shaped object.

Three identical figures with dark hair and black shirts stand side-by-side, each wearing a white collar and holding a large heart-shaped object. 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Inte…

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Depicts

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • horizontal row
  • side-by-side figures

Dense Caption

The image shows three identical figures positioned side-by-side in a horizontal row. Each figure has short dark brown hair styled upward, light skin tone, and is wearing a black shirt with a white collar. The leftmost figure holds a large white heart shape outlined in black on the lower-left portion of its body. All figures have closed eyes and neutral expressions. The background is plain white. The image uses pixelated rendering with visible blocky pixels.

Description

Three identical figures with dark hair and black shirts stand side-by-side, each wearing a white collar and holding a large heart-shaped object.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • three identical figures dark brown hair black shirts
  • heart shape pixel art white background
  • closed eyes neutral expression side-by-side figures
  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016 20081002222906432629097

Objects

  • heart shape

Preprocessing Notes

  • image appears upscaled or pixelated with visible blockiness

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 2007-2016
  • 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: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Visually Supported Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 20081002222906432629097

Wordwall

  • three identical figures
  • dark brown hair
  • black shirts
  • white collars
  • closed eyes
  • neutral expression
  • large heart shape
  • pixelated rendering
  • plain white background

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081002222906432629097
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:40 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
2.9 KB
Motion
Still image
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 15:40 UTC
Archive ID
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SHA-256
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Content-safety assessments (1)
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:23 UTC
Run
1135
Input
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Preprocessing
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Overall label
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Overall score
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Three identical figures with dark hair and black shirts stand side-by-side, each wearing a white collar and holding a large heart-shaped object.

Reviewed
August 18, 2026 at 02:40 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
7,232 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,088, response 762

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Colors

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  • black
  • white
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Composition

  • horizontal row
  • side-by-side figures

Dense Caption

The image shows three identical figures positioned side-by-side in a horizontal row. Each figure has short dark brown hair styled upward, light skin tone, and is wearing a black shirt with a white collar. The leftmost figure holds a large white heart shape outlined in black on the lower-left portion of its body. All figures have closed eyes and neutral expressions. The background is plain white. The image uses pixelated rendering with visible blocky pixels.

Description

Three identical figures with dark hair and black shirts stand side-by-side, each wearing a white collar and holding a large heart-shaped object.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Mood

  • neutral

Non Redundant Search Phrases

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  • heart shape pixel art white background
  • closed eyes neutral expression side-by-side figures
  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016 20081002222906432629097

Objects

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Preprocessing Notes

  • image appears upscaled or pixelated with visible blockiness

Source Metadata Interpretation

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Style

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Subjects

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Visually Supported Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 20081002222906432629097

Wordwall

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  • black shirts
  • white collars
  • closed eyes
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  • large heart shape
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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
20081002222906432629097
Archive entry
20081002222906432629097.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:40 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#20081002222906432629097.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081002222906432629097.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016