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Animated icon with a black-and-white anime-style character holding a pink heart, surrounded by floating hearts and changing text overlays.

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Animated icon with a black-and-white anime-style character holding a pink heart, surrounded by floating hearts and changing text overlays.

Animated icon with a black-and-white anime-style character holding a pink heart, surrounded by floating hearts and changing text overlays. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from I…

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  • text overlay change

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  • that writes

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081227090840435799308
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:47 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
8.4 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/c7/c7f9aaa36202562a8db26d5c975c01de1d0ea4aa6e8a46ca29e399c2df62dad6.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
c7f9aaa36202562a
SHA-256
c7f9aaa36202562a8db26d5c975c01de1d0ea4aa6e8a46ca29e399c2df62dad6
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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
20081227090840435799308
Archive entry
20081227090840435799308.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:47 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#20081227090840435799308.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081227090840435799308.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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