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Pixelated cartoon characters with speech bubbles containing unreadable text, one character in a blue cape leaning toward another.

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Pixelated cartoon characters with speech bubbles containing unreadable text, one character in a blue cape leaning toward another.

Pixelated cartoon characters with speech bubbles containing unreadable text, one character in a blue cape leaning toward another. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet A…

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Source terms

Style

  • stick-figure
  • cartoon

Visible Text

  • I know the Cape making this whoops makes.

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200809061309481834091803
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:38 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
1.7 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/bd/bd14a73aa285d2debdafef948e64d451397ebe854ff5e3a466ca550ea09e22ef.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
bd14a73aa285d2de
SHA-256
bd14a73aa285d2debdafef948e64d451397ebe854ff5e3a466ca550ea09e22ef
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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
200809061309481834091803
Archive entry
200809061309481834091803.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:38 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#200809061309481834091803.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200809061309481834091803.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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