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A four- with pink background shows a cat and text; left display purple pixelated text, right show the same sleeping cat

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A four- with pink background shows a cat and text; left display purple pixelated text, right show the same sleeping cat

A four- with pink background shows a cat and text; left display purple pixelated text, right show the same sleeping cat. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fr…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Subjects

  • cat

Visible Text

  • dont let
  • that cute
  • face get
  • to you
  • the next
  • thing you
  • know
  • BAM!
  • it attcks
  • you

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200808271440391912197255
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:37 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
7.1 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/ec/ec9c6538661a5d05976cfc7c84cfd1af4e206a483947dd3f5fa479c119d476db.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
ec9c6538661a5d05
SHA-256
ec9c6538661a5d05976cfc7c84cfd1af4e206a483947dd3f5fa479c119d476db
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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
200808271440391912197255
Archive entry
200808271440391912197255.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:37 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#200808271440391912197255.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200808271440391912197255.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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