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Pixelated image of a character with brown hair and glasses holding an orange object against a light blue background with blue text reading 'phelps phan'.

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Pixelated image of a character with brown hair and glasses holding an orange object against a light blue background with blue text reading 'phelps phan'.

Pixelated image of a character with brown hair and glasses holding an orange object against a light blue background with blue text reading 'phelps phan'. 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon…

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Depicts

Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • character on left
  • text blocks on right
  • light blue background

Dense Caption

Pixelated 16x16 image with light blue background. Left side shows character with brown hair, dark glasses, and brown skin tone. Character holds orange object in right hand. Two blue text blocks: top block reads 'phelps' in lowercase letters, bottom block reads 'phan' in lowercase letters. Text blocks have light blue borders. Character's mouth is open. Pixelation is consistent across all elements.

Description

Pixelated image of a character with brown hair and glasses holding an orange object against a light blue background with blue text reading 'phelps phan'.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 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
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: historical-archive

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • phelps phan character
  • brown hair glasses orange object
  • pixelated blue text light blue background
  • character holding orange object

Visible Text

  • phelps
  • phan

Wordwall

  • brown hair
  • dark glasses
  • brown skin
  • orange object
  • light blue background
  • blue text
  • phelps
  • phan
  • pixelated
  • open mouth
  • light blue borders
  • lowercase letters
  • 16x16
  • character holding object

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
2008082320271436440356
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
48×48 pixels
File size
2.4 KB
Motion
Still image
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 15:37 UTC
Archive ID
f3217832e609cdc3
SHA-256
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Assessed
July 27, 2026 at 12:14 UTC
Run
1196
Input
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Preprocessing
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Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.010153

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July 23, 2026 at 20:00 UTC
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Pixelated image of a character with brown hair and glasses holding an orange object against a light blue background with blue text reading 'phelps phan'.

Reviewed
August 17, 2026 at 21:16 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,512 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,089, response 679

Review tags

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  • brown (color, 0.80)
  • dark blue (color, 0.80)
  • light blue (color, 0.80)
  • orange (color, 0.80)
  • neutral (mood, 0.80)
  • orange object (object, 0.80)
  • blocky (style, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
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  • character (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • holding

Colors

  • light blue
  • brown
  • dark blue
  • orange

Composition

  • character on left
  • text blocks on right
  • light blue background

Dense Caption

Pixelated 16x16 image with light blue background. Left side shows character with brown hair, dark glasses, and brown skin tone. Character holds orange object in right hand. Two blue text blocks: top block reads 'phelps' in lowercase letters, bottom block reads 'phan' in lowercase letters. Text blocks have light blue borders. Character's mouth is open. Pixelation is consistent across all elements.

Description

Pixelated image of a character with brown hair and glasses holding an orange object against a light blue background with blue text reading 'phelps phan'.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 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
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: historical-archive

Mood

  • neutral

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • phelps phan character
  • brown hair glasses orange object
  • pixelated blue text light blue background
  • character holding orange object

Objects

  • orange object

Style

  • pixelated
  • low-resolution
  • blocky

Subjects

  • character

Visible Text

  • phelps
  • phan

Wordwall

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  • dark glasses
  • brown skin
  • orange object
  • light blue background
  • blue text
  • phelps
  • phan
  • pixelated
  • open mouth
  • light blue borders
  • lowercase letters
  • 16x16
  • character holding object
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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
2008082320271436440356
Archive entry
2008082320271436440356.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#2008082320271436440356.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#2008082320271436440356.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016