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Red text on black background displays repeated phrases with varying star symbols, showing animation changes in symbol count and position.

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Red text on black background displays repeated phrases with varying star symbols, showing animation changes in symbol count and position.

Red text on black background displays repeated phrases with varying star symbols, showing animation changes in symbol count and position. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from In…

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  • My prince in shining armor = a loser +in tin foil
  • My prince in shining armor = a loser *in tin foil
  • My prince in shining armor = a loser **in tin foil
  • My prince in shining armor = a loser ***in tin foil

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200712220852411473311841
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:06 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.2 KB
Motion
Animated (8 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/f1/f1bedec4f15f27bcef80a6e6b334672f6a9448d7fc497daeb007d1459048b672.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
f1bedec4f15f27bc
SHA-256
f1bedec4f15f27bcef80a6e6b334672f6a9448d7fc497daeb007d1459048b672
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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
200712220852411473311841
Archive entry
200712220852411473311841.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:06 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#200712220852411473311841.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200712220852411473311841.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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