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A cat stands on its hind legs against a light wall and wooden floor, with green text changing across frames to form a phrase.

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A cat stands on its hind legs against a light wall and wooden floor, with green text changing across frames to form a phrase.

A cat stands on its hind legs against a light wall and wooden floor, with green text changing across frames to form a phrase. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archi…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Style

  • text overlay

Subjects

  • cat

Visible Text

  • He
  • Just
  • Saw
  • Yo
  • Mama

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200811201715531377953117
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:43 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
7.7 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/f8/f8fc5b749d044b955dc6a1ceb4b3972efd79a10f99ea114f24dcbe15d5966db2.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
f8fc5b749d044b95
SHA-256
f8fc5b749d044b955dc6a1ceb4b3972efd79a10f99ea114f24dcbe15d5966db2
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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
200811201715531377953117
Archive entry
200811201715531377953117.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:43 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#200811201715531377953117.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200811201715531377953117.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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