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<333 text on black background; 'METRO STATION' in stylized letters with color gradient; group of people with '<33' text overlay; colorful dots and 'rica+ lissy = bffs <3' text on white background.

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<333 text on black background; 'METRO STATION' in stylized letters with color gradient; group of people with '<33' text overlay; colorful dots and 'rica+ lissy = bffs <3' text on white background.

<333 text on black background; 'METRO STATION' in stylized letters with color gradient; group of people with '<33' text overlay; colorful dots and 'rica+ lissy = bffs <3' text on…

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Style

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Source terms

Composition

  • four
  • text and imagery arranged in distinct sections

Dense Caption

Black background displays '<333' in white pixelated font. Below, black background shows 'METRO STATION' with 'METRO' in light blue gradient letters and 'STATION' in pink gradient letters. Next panel: group of five people in dark clothing against muted greenish background; one person holds a small object near their face; '<33' text overlay in white pixelated font on black shape. Final panel: white background with scattered colorful dots (pink, green, blue, yellow); 'rica+' in bold black letters above 'lissy =' in bold black letters; 'bffs <3' in bold black letters below; all text uses sans-serif typeface.

Description

<333 text on black background; 'METRO STATION' in stylized letters with color gradient; group of people with '<33' text overlay; colorful dots and 'rica+ lissy = bffs <3' text on white background.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays

Metadata Only Entities

  • 200805201752142035575523
  • FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • <333 metro station group people colorful dots rica lissy bffs

Preprocessing Notes

  • source hints indicate animated asset but no visible motion changes detected; all panels appear static
  • quarantined composition: four-panel grid layout

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 2007-2016
  • 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

Visible Text

  • <333
  • METRO STATION
  • <33
  • rica+
  • lissy =
  • bffs <3

Visually Supported Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

Wordwall

  • <333
  • <33
  • METRO STATION
  • rica+ lissy = bffs <3
  • colorful dots
  • group of people
  • stylized gradient text

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200805201752142035575523
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:27 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
4.3 KB
Motion
Animated (3 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 15:27 UTC
Archive ID
e67f2a57b59f71b5
SHA-256
e67f2a57b59f71b509725ad66f264d6f5332958fed6844b4783ad16f050bce7b
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:57 UTC
Run
1140
Input
image
Preprocessing
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Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.101896

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<333 text on black background; 'METRO STATION' in stylized letters with color gradient; group of people with '<33' text overlay; colorful dots and 'rica+ lissy = bffs <3' text on white background.

Reviewed
August 5, 2026 at 17:27 UTC
Run
58
Version
v5
Elapsed
17,826 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,113, response 844

Review tags

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  • casual (mood, 0.80)
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  • stylized gradient text (style, 0.80)
  • dots (subject, 0.80)
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Actions

  • holding object near face

Colors

  • black
  • white
  • light blue
  • pink
  • green
  • yellow
  • blue

Composition

  • four
  • text and imagery arranged in distinct sections

Dense Caption

Black background displays '<333' in white pixelated font. Below, black background shows 'METRO STATION' with 'METRO' in light blue gradient letters and 'STATION' in pink gradient letters. Next panel: group of five people in dark clothing against muted greenish background; one person holds a small object near their face; '<33' text overlay in white pixelated font on black shape. Final panel: white background with scattered colorful dots (pink, green, blue, yellow); 'rica+' in bold black letters above 'lissy =' in bold black letters; 'bffs <3' in bold black letters below; all text uses sans-serif typeface.

Description

<333 text on black background; 'METRO STATION' in stylized letters with color gradient; group of people with '<33' text overlay; colorful dots and 'rica+ lissy = bffs <3' text on white background.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays

Metadata Only Entities

  • 200805201752142035575523
  • FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Mood

  • playful
  • casual

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • <333 metro station group people colorful dots rica lissy bffs

Objects

  • small object

Preprocessing Notes

  • source hints indicate animated asset but no visible motion changes detected; all panels appear static
  • quarantined composition: four-panel grid layout

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 2007-2016
  • 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

Style

  • pixelated
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  • simplified rendering

Subjects

  • people
  • text elements
  • dots

Visible Text

  • <333
  • METRO STATION
  • <33
  • rica+
  • lissy =
  • bffs <3

Visually Supported Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

Wordwall

  • <333
  • <33
  • METRO STATION
  • rica+ lissy = bffs <3
  • colorful dots
  • group of people
  • stylized gradient text
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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
200805201752142035575523
Archive entry
200805201752142035575523.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:27 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#200805201752142035575523.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200805201752142035575523.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016