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A colorful cartoon unicorn under a rainbow with text "I am a unicorn" on the left, and a purple butterfly with text "Emily is my butterfly" on the right.

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A colorful cartoon unicorn under a rainbow with text "I am a unicorn" on the left, and a purple butterfly with text "Emily is my butterfly" on the right.

A colorful cartoon unicorn under a rainbow with text "I am a unicorn" on the left, and a purple butterfly with text "Emily is my butterfly" on the right. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM bu…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Style

  • cartoon
  • text overlay

Subjects

  • butterfly

Visible Text

  • I am a unicorn
  • Emily is my butterfly

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090324171346367959677
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:55 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
7.4 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/cc/cc8832ff750204d848d986c4bdcc0a2d935d4e9540eba65c6ebc3ce84e3ba902.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
cc8832ff750204d8
SHA-256
cc8832ff750204d848d986c4bdcc0a2d935d4e9540eba65c6ebc3ce84e3ba902
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
20090324171346367959677
Archive entry
20090324171346367959677.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:55 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#20090324171346367959677.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090324171346367959677.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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