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A static image divided into four quadrants with pixelated text and distinct subjects: a teddy bear, zebra stripes, a giraffe, and yellow text on black.

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A static image divided into four quadrants with pixelated text and distinct subjects: a teddy bear, zebra stripes, a giraffe, and yellow text on black.

A static image divided into four quadrants with pixelated text and distinct subjects: a teddy bear, zebra stripes, a giraffe, and yellow text on black. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM budd…

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Style

  • text-overlaid

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  • cute like a teddy bear
  • wild like a zebra
  • funny like a giraffe
  • i am...

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200903031617391997794483
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:53 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
4.9 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/ae/aed36c68135658637c6e11eca2f43b8d05eb60547f9053c7adb0727f438ab3f3.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
aed36c6813565863
SHA-256
aed36c68135658637c6e11eca2f43b8d05eb60547f9053c7adb0727f438ab3f3
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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
200903031617391997794483
Archive entry
200903031617391997794483.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:53 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#200903031617391997794483.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200903031617391997794483.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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