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A pixelated animated icon shows a character with glowing red eyes and blue hair against a blurred background of red and dark tones.

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A pixelated animated icon shows a character with glowing red eyes and blue hair against a blurred background of red and dark tones.

A pixelated animated icon shows a character with glowing red eyes and blue hair against a blurred background of red and dark tones. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080118170817101285485
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:10 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.3 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/bb/bb2f12aaa3876d874221ef2a333cfa0dd7eb48bd7614a59bd881ca7e8cb666d7.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
bb2f12aaa3876d87
SHA-256
bb2f12aaa3876d874221ef2a333cfa0dd7eb48bd7614a59bd881ca7e8cb666d7
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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
20080118170817101285485
Archive entry
20080118170817101285485.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:10 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#20080118170817101285485.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080118170817101285485.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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