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Pixelated orange and white cat with large black eyes, pink nose, and light green background displaying text elements.

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Pixelated orange and white cat with large black eyes, pink nose, and light green background displaying text elements.

Pixelated orange and white cat with large black eyes, pink nose, and light green background displaying text elements. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Frank…

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Subjects

  • cat

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  • IM A BIG SCARY
  • KITTY CAT
  • RAWRR

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200803091255132106275583
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:18 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.4 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/d2/d2e689554e3153742612f2614f79830ec00236af6c140cb5335e71ecef8ad30b.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
d2e689554e315374
SHA-256
d2e689554e3153742612f2614f79830ec00236af6c140cb5335e71ecef8ad30b
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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
200803091255132106275583
Archive entry
200803091255132106275583.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:18 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#200803091255132106275583.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200803091255132106275583.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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