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Pixelated text repeats across a black background with pink and white elements, showing animated sparkles on 'fireworks' words.

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Pixelated text repeats across a black background with pink and white elements, showing animated sparkles on 'fireworks' words.

Pixelated text repeats across a black background with pink and white elements, showing animated sparkles on 'fireworks' words. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Arch…

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  • First time
  • I saw U
  • I knew
  • There would be
  • B firework
  • fireworks

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090407175524319321674
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:56 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
568 bytes
Motion
Animated (9 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/d2/d216dc6a98a439333f1b7a330e6049561cb6c0101d2c0ae18da0b6a1ce5de910.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
d216dc6a98a43933
SHA-256
d216dc6a98a439333f1b7a330e6049561cb6c0101d2c0ae18da0b6a1ce5de910
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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
20090407175524319321674
Archive entry
20090407175524319321674.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:56 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#20090407175524319321674.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090407175524319321674.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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