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Yellow cartoon character with pink limbs and gray shoes waves against red background, text changes from empty to 'Buddy my HERO!!'

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Yellow cartoon character with pink limbs and gray shoes waves against red background, text changes from empty to 'Buddy my HERO!!'

Yellow cartoon character with pink limbs and gray shoes waves against red background, text changes from empty to 'Buddy my HERO!!'. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Style

  • cartoon

Subjects

  • cartoon character

Visible Text

  • Buddy
  • my
  • HERO!!

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080119152257113962732
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
50×50 pixels
File size
3.6 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/c7/c7ebba0cc45c702e6808e535227104aec71eb2f5547f65d7e1dc0d48289a86b3.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
c7ebba0cc45c702e
SHA-256
c7ebba0cc45c702e6808e535227104aec71eb2f5547f65d7e1dc0d48289a86b3
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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
20080119152257113962732
Archive entry
20080119152257113962732.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#20080119152257113962732.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080119152257113962732.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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