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four with text overlays: top-left 'JOHNNY', top-right 'LET MAYA', bottom-left a person with curly hair, bottom-right 'UPGRADE YA!' on black background

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four with text overlays: top-left 'JOHNNY', top-right 'LET MAYA', bottom-left a person with curly hair, bottom-right 'UPGRADE YA!' on black background

four with text overlays: top-left 'JOHNNY', top-right 'LET MAYA', bottom-left a person with curly hair, bottom-right 'UPGRADE YA!' on black background. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM budd…

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  • JOHNNY
  • LET MAYA
  • UPGRADE YA!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
201002151938151581554057
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:05 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
5.2 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/f3/f3fc8103495aebc3a0799d0022a0b6bfcc408580e68f4df0fdc85d11d2852567.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
f3fc8103495aebc3
SHA-256
f3fc8103495aebc3a0799d0022a0b6bfcc408580e68f4df0fdc85d11d2852567
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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
201002151938151581554057
Archive entry
201002151938151581554057.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:05 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#201002151938151581554057.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#201002151938151581554057.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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