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Green background with blue pixelated text reading "I WANT A HIPPO 4 X-MAS! & DA HIPPO WANTS ME" and red dotted border, animated red pixel changes in text.

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Green background with blue pixelated text reading "I WANT A HIPPO 4 X-MAS! & DA HIPPO WANTS ME" and red dotted border, animated red pixel changes in text.

Green background with blue pixelated text reading "I WANT A HIPPO 4 X-MAS! & DA HIPPO WANTS ME" and red dotted border, animated red pixel changes in text. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM b…

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  • I WANT
  • A HIPPO 4
  • X-MAS! &
  • DA HIPPO
  • WANTS ME

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20071128132440559528184
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:00 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
843 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/e1/e1a4fddd1a8aa9b4807ccc5a8bca8ca61beaf47c556d272efee224b261c3ca54.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
e1a4fddd1a8aa9b4
SHA-256
e1a4fddd1a8aa9b4807ccc5a8bca8ca61beaf47c556d272efee224b261c3ca54
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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
20071128132440559528184
Archive entry
20071128132440559528184.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:00 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#20071128132440559528184.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20071128132440559528184.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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