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Animated icon shows a green-clad figure with beige gloves holding an orange object, pink text changes from 'franks' to 'starwars' across frames.

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Animated icon shows a green-clad figure with beige gloves holding an orange object, pink text changes from 'franks' to 'starwars' across frames.

Animated icon shows a green-clad figure with beige gloves holding an orange object, pink text changes from 'franks' to 'starwars' across frames. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon…

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Actions

  • text change

Subjects

  • figure

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  • franks
  • starwars

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20071002121332125132512
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:48 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.7 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/e4/e43cbc415638137c845e774b0df84b7407700356da7564adb22c24901020a139.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
e43cbc415638137c
SHA-256
e43cbc415638137c845e774b0df84b7407700356da7564adb22c24901020a139
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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
20071002121332125132512
Archive entry
20071002121332125132512.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:48 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#20071002121332125132512.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20071002121332125132512.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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