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Two figures in white and purple costumes stand with arms outstretched against a blue background, surrounded by pixelated text phrases.

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Two figures in white and purple costumes stand with arms outstretched against a blue background, surrounded by pixelated text phrases.

Two figures in white and purple costumes stand with arms outstretched against a blue background, surrounded by pixelated text phrases. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Inter…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Style

  • 8-bit style

Visible Text

  • Lets Capture the Dream!
  • It just I love it came to me where'd you come up
  • come up with it

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080121174201516499354
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:11 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/ad/adb5f78257e01da3e42185af7239ef916da4cec20971a37d7cf2f7ac00a158e0.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
adb5f78257e01da3
SHA-256
adb5f78257e01da3e42185af7239ef916da4cec20971a37d7cf2f7ac00a158e0
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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
20080121174201516499354
Archive entry
20080121174201516499354.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:11 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#20080121174201516499354.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080121174201516499354.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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