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Pixelated alligator icon with open mouth and red teeth, displayed in three with text overlays reading "Rawr!", "ya, im a", and "alligator!"

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Pixelated alligator icon with open mouth and red teeth, displayed in three with text overlays reading "Rawr!", "ya, im a", and "alligator!"

Pixelated alligator icon with open mouth and red teeth, displayed in three with text overlays reading "Rawr!", "ya, im a", and "alligator!". Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from…

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  • Rawr!
  • ya, im a
  • alligator!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200708031220331557278605
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:36 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/d1/d1c899ee82565c873de8a6f1a41522f607eb5bcf5865fdbbe611ad6dcdb9f19a.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
d1c899ee82565c87
SHA-256
d1c899ee82565c873de8a6f1a41522f607eb5bcf5865fdbbe611ad6dcdb9f19a
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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
200708031220331557278605
Archive entry
200708031220331557278605.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:36 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#200708031220331557278605.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200708031220331557278605.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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