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A static image with three distinct sections: a brown apple, colorful abstract lines, and an anthropomorphic red fruit.

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A static image with three distinct sections: a brown apple, colorful abstract lines, and an anthropomorphic red fruit.

A static image with three distinct sections: a brown apple, colorful abstract lines, and an anthropomorphic red fruit. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fran…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Actions

  • text overlay

Objects

  • heart shapes
  • leaf
  • stem

Visible Text

  • an apple a day keeps the doctor away
  • but... if the doctors cute
  • screw the fruit!!

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200804190807031828553980
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:23 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.8 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/af/afb54f9e66a4244e2d31453f7ac73aa137175c8d8273255603c06ca46b7b920e.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
afb54f9e66a4244e
SHA-256
afb54f9e66a4244e2d31453f7ac73aa137175c8d8273255603c06ca46b7b920e
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
200804190807031828553980
Archive entry
200804190807031828553980.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:23 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#200804190807031828553980.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200804190807031828553980.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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