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Blue whale icon with white belly, blue water splashes above, red heart to the right; text overlays change across six variations.

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Blue whale icon with white belly, blue water splashes above, red heart to the right; text overlays change across six variations.

Blue whale icon with white belly, blue water splashes above, red heart to the right; text overlays change across six variations. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Ar…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Style

  • text overlay

Subjects

  • heart

Visible Text

  • BABY
  • BELUGA!
  • thank you
  • America now
  • He's DEAD!
  • save the whales

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200805301612171162470034
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:28 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
6.3 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/fa/fa5bfdf5f461994b08a87c81f7f2fcea8e82dc40c215c897b249ef35ad660ec5.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
fa5bfdf5f461994b
SHA-256
fa5bfdf5f461994b08a87c81f7f2fcea8e82dc40c215c897b249ef35ad660ec5
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
200805301612171162470034
Archive entry
200805301612171162470034.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:28 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#200805301612171162470034.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200805301612171162470034.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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