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Animated gingerbread man with purple outline, brown body, purple buttons, white eyes, and red text overlays on yellow-green background.

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Animated gingerbread man with purple outline, brown body, purple buttons, white eyes, and red text overlays on yellow-green background.

Animated gingerbread man with purple outline, brown body, purple buttons, white eyes, and red text overlays on yellow-green background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Inte…

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  • Gingy!!!!!
  • 'Not the gumdrop buttons!!!
  • MERRY CHRISTMAS
  • !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200711281427511070617149
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:00 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
5.4 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/f8/f83166d41d0a5844df5a86dd59afd354dd505f9606e3082e938972fa3b03c3e4.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
f83166d41d0a5844
SHA-256
f83166d41d0a5844df5a86dd59afd354dd505f9606e3082e938972fa3b03c3e4
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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
200711281427511070617149
Archive entry
200711281427511070617149.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:00 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#200711281427511070617149.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200711281427511070617149.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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