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A pixelated chimpanzee face with dark fur and light skin, positioned above green text reading 'gay' and 'chimp' on a black background.

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A pixelated chimpanzee face with dark fur and light skin, positioned above green text reading 'gay' and 'chimp' on a black background.

A pixelated chimpanzee face with dark fur and light skin, positioned above green text reading 'gay' and 'chimp' on a black background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Inter…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • chimpanzee face centered
  • text below and above
  • black background

Dense Caption

The image shows a pixelated close-up of a chimpanzee's face with dark gray fur and light brown skin. The chimpanzee has dark eyes and a neutral expression, with its ears visible on either side of its head. The background is solid black. Green pixelated text appears below the chimpanzee: 'gay' on the left and 'chimp' on the right. Above the chimpanzee, green pixelated text reads 'Eric's'. The image has a low-resolution, retro digital appearance with visible pixelation.

Description

  • A pixelated chimpanzee face with dark fur and light skin, positioned above green text reading 'gay' and 'chimp' on a black background.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • chimpanzee gay chimp
  • Eric's gay chimp
  • pixelated chimpanzee text
  • green text black background

Visible Text

  • Eric's
  • gay
  • chimp

Wordwall

  • chimpanzee face
  • dark gray fur
  • light brown skin
  • neutral expression
  • green text
  • black background
  • Eric's
  • gay
  • chimp
  • pixelated

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200707292220111381408480
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:35 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.6 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 14:35 UTC
Archive ID
e3fcd035f7ddd0ac
SHA-256
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Assessed
August 14, 2026 at 10:03 UTC
Run
1290
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July 23, 2026 at 19:56 UTC
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A pixelated chimpanzee face with dark fur and light skin, positioned above green text reading 'gay' and 'chimp' on a black background.

Reviewed
August 25, 2026 at 16:13 UTC
Run
69
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,175 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,110, response 667

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • brown (color, 0.80)
  • gray (color, 0.80)
  • green (color, 0.80)
  • neutral (mood, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • retro digital (style, 0.80)
  • chimpanzee (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • black
  • green
  • gray
  • brown

Composition

  • chimpanzee face centered
  • text below and above
  • black background

Dense Caption

The image shows a pixelated close-up of a chimpanzee's face with dark gray fur and light brown skin. The chimpanzee has dark eyes and a neutral expression, with its ears visible on either side of its head. The background is solid black. Green pixelated text appears below the chimpanzee: 'gay' on the left and 'chimp' on the right. Above the chimpanzee, green pixelated text reads 'Eric's'. The image has a low-resolution, retro digital appearance with visible pixelation.

Description

  • A pixelated chimpanzee face with dark fur and light skin, positioned above green text reading 'gay' and 'chimp' on a black background.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Mood

  • neutral

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • chimpanzee gay chimp
  • Eric's gay chimp
  • pixelated chimpanzee text
  • green text black background

Style

  • pixelated
  • retro digital

Subjects

  • chimpanzee

Visible Text

  • Eric's
  • gay
  • chimp

Wordwall

  • chimpanzee face
  • dark gray fur
  • light brown skin
  • neutral expression
  • green text
  • black background
  • Eric's
  • gay
  • chimp
  • pixelated
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Reviewed
July 27, 2026 at 09:45 UTC
Run
52
Version
v5
Elapsed
0 ms
Error
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (127.0.0.1:11435)
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Full source records (1)
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
200707292220111381408480
Archive entry
200707292220111381408480.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:35 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#200707292220111381408480.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200707292220111381408480.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016