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Animated sequence showing a black-and-white anime-style character with multiple arms in a repeated pose, overlaid with changing colored text phrases.

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Animated sequence showing a black-and-white anime-style character with multiple arms in a repeated pose, overlaid with changing colored text phrases.

Animated sequence showing a black-and-white anime-style character with multiple arms in a repeated pose, overlaid with changing colored text phrases. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Style

  • text overlay

Subjects

  • anime character

Visible Text

  • I love
  • her
  • and i
  • want to
  • hold her
  • so close<3

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080227194416651802441
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:16 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
6 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/cf/cfe6391b42f3b0393e4fcaf885c31a6b8e15940ef96bbfbb6647e284148c4305.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
cfe6391b42f3b039
SHA-256
cfe6391b42f3b0393e4fcaf885c31a6b8e15940ef96bbfbb6647e284148c4305
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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
20080227194416651802441
Archive entry
20080227194416651802441.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:16 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#20080227194416651802441.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080227194416651802441.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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