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Pixelated sea turtle with large eyes and patterned shell swims against turquoise background, text overlays change across frames.

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Pixelated sea turtle with large eyes and patterned shell swims against turquoise background, text overlays change across frames.

Pixelated sea turtle with large eyes and patterned shell swims against turquoise background, text overlays change across frames. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Ar…

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  • speech bubble

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200901261028482058080379
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:50 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
5.3 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/aa/aaf65ff1f9a951929713f57a7c97d7b7d4b0924b17e641dcd15fa4d185f1db5e.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
aaf65ff1f9a95192
SHA-256
aaf65ff1f9a951929713f57a7c97d7b7d4b0924b17e641dcd15fa4d185f1db5e
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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
200901261028482058080379
Archive entry
200901261028482058080379.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:50 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#200901261028482058080379.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200901261028482058080379.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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