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Pixelated cartoon fish characters with one orange and yellow striped, the other blue, against a dark blue background.

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Pixelated cartoon fish characters with one orange and yellow striped, the other blue, against a dark blue background.

Pixelated cartoon fish characters with one orange and yellow striped, the other blue, against a dark blue background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Frank…

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  • WHALE!!!!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200801211103371732612633
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:11 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.4 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/c5/c5d307b41068e24b757e7d68e27dc1a2e96d2bba1597c74adc8c7dd9cce2cdd8.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
c5d307b41068e24b
SHA-256
c5d307b41068e24b757e7d68e27dc1a2e96d2bba1597c74adc8c7dd9cce2cdd8
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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
200801211103371732612633
Archive entry
200801211103371732612633.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:11 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#200801211103371732612633.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200801211103371732612633.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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