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Six anime-style character portraits arranged in a with text labels below each, featuring distinct hair colors and clothing styles

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Six anime-style character portraits arranged in a with text labels below each, featuring distinct hair colors and clothing styles

Six anime-style character portraits arranged in a with text labels below each, featuring distinct hair colors and clothing styles. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Actions

  • closed eyes

Visible Text

  • wishing
  • anime
  • boys
  • were
  • real
  • 0///0

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200912291726421605211702
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:04 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
9.1 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/ec/ec6f0bb0e6f8a06b5927ff77bab89030e1d39abc8635764b2d18fe9602e0bccd.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
ec6f0bb0e6f8a06b
SHA-256
ec6f0bb0e6f8a06b5927ff77bab89030e1d39abc8635764b2d18fe9602e0bccd
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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
200912291726421605211702
Archive entry
200912291726421605211702.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:04 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#200912291726421605211702.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200912291726421605211702.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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