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A four- black-and-white animation of a cartoon character with dark hair, showing sequential text overlays and facial expressions

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A four- black-and-white animation of a cartoon character with dark hair, showing sequential text overlays and facial expressions

A four- black-and-white animation of a cartoon character with dark hair, showing sequential text overlays and facial expressions. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet A…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Actions

  • text overlay change

Subjects

  • cartoon character

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  • these
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  • stain

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200807060924181539382332
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:32 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
6.5 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/c3/c3f2afd6150ce1853523b6ea9c3d2e70ff45db2eb33d95a3dbecdee3585b6cd2.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
c3f2afd6150ce185
SHA-256
c3f2afd6150ce1853523b6ea9c3d2e70ff45db2eb33d95a3dbecdee3585b6cd2
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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
200807060924181539382332
Archive entry
200807060924181539382332.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:32 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#200807060924181539382332.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200807060924181539382332.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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