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A static image with a purple background displaying yellow pixelated text and a small blurred section of an indistinct graphic.

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Source terms

Composition

  • left graphic section
  • right text block
  • vertical alignment of right-side text

Dense Caption

The image features a solid purple background. On the left side, there is a small rectangular area containing blurry, indistinct graphics in shades of gray and yellow. Below this graphic, large yellow pixelated text reads "Like A Heart Needs A Beat!". To the right of the graphic, vertical yellow pixelated text states "I Need The UM Bears" followed by five instances of "#95" stacked vertically.

Description

  • A static image with a purple background displaying yellow pixelated text and a small blurred section of an indistinct graphic.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 2007121016334649617308

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • purple background yellow text like a heart needs a beat
  • i need the um bears #95
  • #95 repeated five times
  • blurred graphic purple background

Visible Text

  • Like A Heart Needs A Beat!
  • I Need The UM Bears
  • #95

Wordwall

  • purple background
  • yellow pixelated text
  • blurred gray and yellow graphic
  • "Like A Heart Needs A Beat!"
  • "I Need The UM Bears"
  • #95 repeated 5 times

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
2007121016334649617308
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:03 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.5 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:03 UTC
Archive ID
bf96274ccccfd5c2
SHA-256
bf96274ccccfd5c28ccf7e5ca6f8a6d71bf1314acb51f2632d207df2b2808596
Content-safety assessments (2)
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Assessed
July 31, 2026 at 01:05 UTC
Run
1249
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000214

OpenAI category scores

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Evidence strength is retained for queueing and audit. It does not set the public content-safety verdict.

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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:36 UTC
Run
1140
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Overall label
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Overall score
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OpenAI category scores

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A static image with a purple background displaying yellow pixelated text and a small blurred section of an indistinct graphic.

Reviewed
July 31, 2026 at 01:00 UTC
Run
55
Version
v5
Elapsed
7,862 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,103, response 667

Review tags

  • gray (color, 0.80)
  • purple (color, 0.80)
  • yellow (color, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • static (style, 0.80)
  • text based (style, 0.80)

Colors

  • purple
  • yellow
  • gray

Composition

  • left graphic section
  • right text block
  • vertical alignment of right-side text

Dense Caption

The image features a solid purple background. On the left side, there is a small rectangular area containing blurry, indistinct graphics in shades of gray and yellow. Below this graphic, large yellow pixelated text reads "Like A Heart Needs A Beat!". To the right of the graphic, vertical yellow pixelated text states "I Need The UM Bears" followed by five instances of "#95" stacked vertically.

Description

  • A static image with a purple background displaying yellow pixelated text and a small blurred section of an indistinct graphic.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 2007121016334649617308

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • purple background yellow text like a heart needs a beat
  • i need the um bears #95
  • #95 repeated five times
  • blurred graphic purple background

Style

  • pixelated
  • text-based
  • static

Visible Text

  • Like A Heart Needs A Beat!
  • I Need The UM Bears
  • #95

Wordwall

  • purple background
  • yellow pixelated text
  • blurred gray and yellow graphic
  • "Like A Heart Needs A Beat!"
  • "I Need The UM Bears"
  • #95 repeated 5 times
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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
2007121016334649617308
Archive entry
2007121016334649617308.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:03 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#2007121016334649617308.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#2007121016334649617308.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016