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Pixelated text list with repeated entries and purple star symbols on black background, showing animation changes between frames.

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Pixelated text list with repeated entries and purple star symbols on black background, showing animation changes between frames.

Pixelated text list with repeated entries and purple star symbols on black background, showing animation changes between frames. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Ar…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • star symbol

Subjects

  • star symbol

Visible Text

  • basketball;
  • joybird
  • vag
  • k-man
  • webbs

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090113171809297820389
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:49 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.2 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/ab/ab811118635d6978283dca5cd30a12be07c1f71ce1b7adfa0d2555a6eb181138.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
ab811118635d6978
SHA-256
ab811118635d6978283dca5cd30a12be07c1f71ce1b7adfa0d2555a6eb181138
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
20090113171809297820389
Archive entry
20090113171809297820389.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:49 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#20090113171809297820389.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090113171809297820389.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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