Buddy Icon Archive Preserving the tiny pictures that made the internet personal.
A pixelated image of a brown cat and yellow duckling on a blue background with pink text elements.

Permanent icon record

A pixelated image of a brown cat and yellow duckling on a blue background with pink text elements.

A pixelated image of a brown cat and yellow duckling on a blue background with pink text elements. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy…

A visual description has not been added yet. The archival record below is still available.

Download original

About this icon

Depicts

Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • cat behind duckling
  • text arranged in vertical

Dense Caption

The image features a pixelated brown cat with a slightly tilted head positioned behind a yellow duckling, both on a solid blue background. The cat has visible eyes and a small nose, while the duckling has a rounded body and a beak. Pink text elements are present: 'BOO' at the top right, '!!!' below it, 'gotcha!' beneath that, 'mwa' at the bottom left, 'ima' at the bottom right, 'ho' below 'mwa', 'eat' below 'ima', 'ho!' below 'ho', and 'cho' below 'eat'. The text is rendered in a pixelated font style. The image has a low-resolution, retro digital appearance.

Description

  • A pixelated image of a brown cat and yellow duckling on a blue background with pink text elements.

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 topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 200809221736152131244447
  • Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • cat duckling blue background
  • pink text BOO gotcha!
  • mwa ima ho eat
  • pixelated cat duckling
  • blue background pink text
  • cat behind duckling
  • BOO !!! gotcha!
  • mwa ho ho!

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined composition: text arranged in vertical columns

Subjects

  • cat

Visible Text

  • BOO
  • !!!
  • gotcha!
  • mwa
  • ima
  • ho
  • eat
  • ho!
  • cho

Wordwall

  • brown cat
  • yellow duckling
  • blue background
  • pink text
  • pixelated
  • BOO
  • !!!
  • gotcha!
  • mwa
  • ima
  • ho
  • eat
  • ho!
  • cho

Explore related icons

Browse all categories · How source collections are preserved

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200809221736152131244447
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.8 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/c3/c3397bf03abce9443791775d5d28b8ab5dbb658df00b97b747b7bfb7153c829f.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 UTC
Archive ID
c3397bf03abce944
SHA-256
c3397bf03abce9443791775d5d28b8ab5dbb658df00b97b747b7bfb7153c829f
Content-safety assessments (1)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 06:27 UTC
Run
106
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.077369

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.927627onnx/unsafe0.077369onnx/nsfw0.040961onnx/nsfl0.036407
Enrichment records (1)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

A pixelated image of a brown cat and yellow duckling on a blue background with pink text elements.

Reviewed
August 18, 2026 at 01:18 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,982 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,111, response 810

Review tags

  • positioned behind (action, 0.80)
  • tilted head (action, 0.80)
  • blue (color, 0.80)
  • brown (color, 0.80)
  • pink (color, 0.80)
  • yellow (color, 0.80)
  • humorous (mood, 0.80)
  • playful (mood, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • retro digital (style, 0.80)
  • cat (subject, 0.80)
  • duckling (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • tilted head
  • positioned behind

Colors

  • blue
  • brown
  • yellow
  • pink

Composition

  • cat behind duckling
  • text arranged in vertical

Dense Caption

The image features a pixelated brown cat with a slightly tilted head positioned behind a yellow duckling, both on a solid blue background. The cat has visible eyes and a small nose, while the duckling has a rounded body and a beak. Pink text elements are present: 'BOO' at the top right, '!!!' below it, 'gotcha!' beneath that, 'mwa' at the bottom left, 'ima' at the bottom right, 'ho' below 'mwa', 'eat' below 'ima', 'ho!' below 'ho', and 'cho' below 'eat'. The text is rendered in a pixelated font style. The image has a low-resolution, retro digital appearance.

Description

  • A pixelated image of a brown cat and yellow duckling on a blue background with pink text elements.

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 topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 200809221736152131244447
  • Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Mood

  • playful
  • humorous

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • cat duckling blue background
  • pink text BOO gotcha!
  • mwa ima ho eat
  • pixelated cat duckling
  • blue background pink text
  • cat behind duckling
  • BOO !!! gotcha!
  • mwa ho ho!

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined composition: text arranged in vertical columns

Style

  • pixelated
  • retro digital

Subjects

  • cat
  • duckling

Visible Text

  • BOO
  • !!!
  • gotcha!
  • mwa
  • ima
  • ho
  • eat
  • ho!
  • cho

Wordwall

  • brown cat
  • yellow duckling
  • blue background
  • pink text
  • pixelated
  • BOO
  • !!!
  • gotcha!
  • mwa
  • ima
  • ho
  • eat
  • ho!
  • cho
Raw JSON
{
  "inputIndex": 0,
  "sha256": "c3397bf03abce9443791775d5d28b8ab5dbb658df00b97b747b7bfb7153c829f",
  "description": "A pixelated image of a brown cat and yellow duckling on a blue background with pink text elements.",
  "denseCaption": "The image features a pixelated brown cat with a slightly tilted head positioned behind a yellow duckling, both on a solid blue background. The cat has visible eyes and a small nose, while the duckling has a rounded body and a beak. Pink text elements are present: \u0027BOO\u0027 at the top right, \u0027!!!\u0027 below it, \u0027gotcha!\u0027 beneath that, \u0027mwa\u0027 at the bottom left, \u0027ima\u0027 at the bottom right, \u0027ho\u0027 below \u0027mwa\u0027, \u0027eat\u0027 below \u0027ima\u0027, \u0027ho!\u0027 below \u0027ho\u0027, and \u0027cho\u0027 below \u0027eat\u0027. The text is rendered in a pixelated font style. The image has a low-resolution, retro digital appearance.",
  "wordwall": [
    "brown cat",
    "yellow duckling",
    "blue background",
    "pink text",
    "pixelated",
    "BOO",
    "!!!",
    "gotcha!",
    "mwa",
    "ima",
    "ho",
    "eat",
    "ho!",
    "cho"
  ],
  "visibleText": [
    "BOO",
    "!!!",
    "gotcha!",
    "mwa",
    "ima",
    "ho",
    "eat",
    "ho!",
    "cho"
  ],
  "uncertainText": [],
  "subjects": [
    "cat",
    "duckling"
  ],
  "actions": [
    "tilted head",
    "positioned behind"
  ],
  "objects": [],
  "colors": [
    "blue",
    "brown",
    "yellow",
    "pink"
  ],
  "style": [
    "pixelated",
    "retro digital"
  ],
  "composition": [
    "cat behind duckling",
    "text arranged in vertical"
  ],
  "mood": [
    "playful",
    "humorous"
  ],
  "animation": [],
  "preprocessingNotes": [
    "quarantined composition: text arranged in vertical columns"
  ],
  "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [],
  "metadataSupportedByImage": [],
  "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
    "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 topic-coverage: holidays",
    "provenance topic-coverage: humor",
    "provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive",
    "provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons",
    "provenance topic-coverage: humor"
  ],
  "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
  "visuallySupportedEntities": [],
  "metadataOnlyEntities": [
    "franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016",
    "2007-2016",
    "franksicons",
    "200809221736152131244447",
    "Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)"
  ],
  "identityHypotheses": [],
  "namedEntities": [],
  "fandoms": [],
  "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
    "cat duckling blue background",
    "pink text BOO gotcha!",
    "mwa ima ho eat",
    "pixelated cat duckling",
    "blue background pink text",
    "cat behind duckling",
    "BOO !!! gotcha!",
    "mwa ho ho!"
  ],
  "uncertainty": [],
  "aestheticStrengths": [],
  "aestheticWeaknesses": [],
  "tags": [
    {
      "tag": "cat",
      "category": "subject",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: cat"
    },
    {
      "tag": "duckling",
      "category": "subject",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: duckling"
    },
    {
      "tag": "tilted head",
      "category": "action",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: tilted head"
    },
    {
      "tag": "positioned behind",
      "category": "action",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: positioned behind"
    },
    {
      "tag": "pixelated",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: pixelated"
    },
    {
      "tag": "retro digital",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: retro digital"
    },
    {
      "tag": "playful",
      "category": "mood",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: playful"
    },
    {
      "tag": "humorous",
      "category": "mood",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: humorous"
    },
    {
      "tag": "blue",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: blue"
    },
    {
      "tag": "brown",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: brown"
    },
    {
      "tag": "yellow",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: yellow"
    },
    {
      "tag": "pink",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: pink"
    }
  ],
  "rawModelResponse": {
    "icons": [
      {
        "inputIndex": 0,
        "sha256": "c3397bf03abce9443791775d5d28b8ab5dbb658df00b97b747b7bfb7153c829f",
        "description": "A pixelated image of a brown cat and yellow duckling on a blue background with pink text elements.",
        "denseCaption": "The image features a pixelated brown cat with a slightly tilted head positioned behind a yellow duckling, both on a solid blue background. The cat has visible eyes and a small nose, while the duckling has a rounded body and a beak. Pink text elements are present: \u0027BOO\u0027 at the top right, \u0027!!!\u0027 below it, \u0027gotcha!\u0027 beneath that, \u0027mwa\u0027 at the bottom left, \u0027ima\u0027 at the bottom right, \u0027ho\u0027 below \u0027mwa\u0027, \u0027eat\u0027 below \u0027ima\u0027, \u0027ho!\u0027 below \u0027ho\u0027, and \u0027cho\u0027 below \u0027eat\u0027. The text is rendered in a pixelated font style. The image has a low-resolution, retro digital appearance.",
        "wordwall": [
          "brown cat",
          "yellow duckling",
          "blue background",
          "pink text",
          "pixelated",
          "BOO",
          "!!!",
          "gotcha!",
          "mwa",
          "ima",
          "ho",
          "eat",
          "ho!",
          "cho"
        ],
        "visibleText": [
          "BOO",
          "!!!",
          "gotcha!",
          "mwa",
          "ima",
          "ho",
          "eat",
          "ho!",
          "cho"
        ],
        "uncertainText": [],
        "subjects": [
          "cat",
          "duckling"
        ],
        "actions": [
          "tilted head",
          "positioned behind"
        ],
        "objects": [],
        "colors": [
          "blue",
          "brown",
          "yellow",
          "pink"
        ],
        "style": [
          "pixelated",
          "retro digital"
        ],
        "composition": [
          "cat behind duckling",
          "text arranged in vertical columns"
        ],
        "mood": [
          "playful",
          "humorous"
        ],
        "animation": [],
        "preprocessingNotes": [],
        "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [],
        "metadataSupportedByImage": [],
        "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
          "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 topic-coverage: holidays",
          "provenance topic-coverage: humor",
          "provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive",
          "provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons",
          "provenance topic-coverage: humor"
        ],
        "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
        "visuallySupportedEntities": [],
        "metadataOnlyEntities": [
          "franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016",
          "2007-2016",
          "franksicons",
          "200809221736152131244447",
          "Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)"
        ],
        "identityHypotheses": [],
        "namedEntities": [],
        "fandoms": [],
        "animationSummary": "",
        "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
          "cat duckling blue background",
          "pink text BOO gotcha!",
          "mwa ima ho eat",
          "pixelated cat duckling",
          "blue background pink text",
          "cat behind duckling",
          "BOO !!! gotcha!",
          "mwa ho ho!"
        ],
        "tags": []
      }
    ]
  }
}
Source semantic tags (2)
TagConf.Evidencefranksicons.com shared buddy icons 2007 20160.65internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016 · typed-source-evidence-v2 · observation · file-name · gallery · observation-download-urlfranksicons.com shared buddy icons 2007 20160.65internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016 · typed-source-evidence-v2 · observation · file-name · gallery · observation-original-url
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
200809221736152131244447
Archive entry
200809221736152131244447.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 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#200809221736152131244447.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200809221736152131244447.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016