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Pixelated character in yellow outfit and conical hat with text 'Blackanese' above and 'Buddy' below on gray background

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Pixelated character in yellow outfit and conical hat with text 'Blackanese' above and 'Buddy' below on gray background

Pixelated character in yellow outfit and conical hat with text 'Blackanese' above and 'Buddy' below on gray background. 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Wayback Ballericons Native Ic…

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Action

Style

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Animation Summary

  • no visible animation

Composition

  • centered character
  • text above and below character

Dense Caption

Gray background. Top text 'Blackanese' in black and white pixelated font with a black underline beneath the 'B'. Centered pixelated character with yellow conical hat, yellow torso, black arms, and black facial features. Bottom text 'Buddy' in black and white pixelated font. Character has arms extended outward. All elements are static. Pixelation is consistent across all visual components. Character's facial features include two black rectangular eyes and no visible mouth. Hat has a light yellow top and darker yellow sides. Torso is solid yellow. Arms are black with yellow accents. Text 'Blackanese' has a black underline. Text 'Buddy' has a white outline. Character's pose is static with arms extended. Background is solid gray with no visible texture or gradient. Character's head is slightly tilted. Character's body is centered horizontally. Character's arms are positioned at shoulder height. Character's hands are not visible. Character's torso is rectangular. Character's hat is conical. Character's eyes are horizontal rectangles. Character's face is a solid black rectangle. Character's body is a solid yellow rectangle. Character's arms are solid black rectangles. Character's hat is a solid yellow rectangle. Character's hat has a black outline. Character's torso has a black outline. Character's arms have a black outline. Character's eyes have a black outline. Character's face has a black outline. Character's body has a black outline. Character's arms have a black outline. Character's hat has a black outline. Character's torso has a black outline. Character's arms have a black outline. Character's eyes have a black outline. Character's face has a black outline. Character's body has a black outline. Character's arms have a black outline. Character's hat has a black outline.

Description

  • Pixelated character in yellow outfit and conical hat with text 'Blackanese' above and 'Buddy' below on gray background

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2002
  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance source-name: Wayback Ballericons Native Icon-Path GIFs
  • provenance collection-attribute: 2000s
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: attitude
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: college
  • provenance era: Early-to-Mid-2000s Mainstream AIM Portal
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pixelated character yellow hat
  • blackanese buddy icon
  • gray background pixel art
  • yellow conical hat character
  • black arms extended character
  • text blackanese buddy
  • character arms extended yellow torso
  • pixel art gray background character

Visible Text

  • Blackanese
  • Buddy

Wordwall

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  • pixelated character
  • yellow conical hat
  • yellow torso
  • black arms
  • black facial features
  • text 'Blackanese'
  • text 'Buddy'
  • black underline under 'B'
  • white outline on text
  • arms extended
  • character pose static
  • character head tilted
  • character body centered
  • character arms at shoulder height
  • character hands not visible
  • character torso rectangular
  • character hat conical
  • character eyes horizontal rectangles
  • character face solid black rectangle
  • character body solid yellow rectangle
  • character arms solid black rectangles
  • character hat solid yellow rectangle
  • character hat black outline
  • character torso black outline
  • character arms black outline
  • character eyes black outline
  • character face black outline
  • character body black outline

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Added to archive
July 13, 2026

Wayback Ballericons Native Icon-Path GIFs

Source title
25763
Category
icon
Era
Early-to-Mid-2000s Mainstream AIM Portal
Observed
July 13, 2026 at 05:25 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
1.4 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 13, 2026
Relative path
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 13, 2026 at 05:25 UTC
Archive ID
fca123f5c8e79a98
SHA-256
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Content-safety assessments (1)
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 20:08 UTC
Run
1140
Input
image
Preprocessing
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Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.084151

OpenAI category scores

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Pixelated character in yellow outfit and conical hat with text 'Blackanese' above and 'Buddy' below on gray background

Reviewed
August 20, 2026 at 07:09 UTC
Run
62
Version
v5
Elapsed
10,250 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,054, response 998

Review tags

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Actions

  • arms extended

Animation Summary

  • no visible animation

Colors

  • gray
  • black
  • yellow
  • white

Composition

  • centered character
  • text above and below character

Dense Caption

Gray background. Top text 'Blackanese' in black and white pixelated font with a black underline beneath the 'B'. Centered pixelated character with yellow conical hat, yellow torso, black arms, and black facial features. Bottom text 'Buddy' in black and white pixelated font. Character has arms extended outward. All elements are static. Pixelation is consistent across all visual components. Character's facial features include two black rectangular eyes and no visible mouth. Hat has a light yellow top and darker yellow sides. Torso is solid yellow. Arms are black with yellow accents. Text 'Blackanese' has a black underline. Text 'Buddy' has a white outline. Character's pose is static with arms extended. Background is solid gray with no visible texture or gradient. Character's head is slightly tilted. Character's body is centered horizontally. Character's arms are positioned at shoulder height. Character's hands are not visible. Character's torso is rectangular. Character's hat is conical. Character's eyes are horizontal rectangles. Character's face is a solid black rectangle. Character's body is a solid yellow rectangle. Character's arms are solid black rectangles. Character's hat is a solid yellow rectangle. Character's hat has a black outline. Character's torso has a black outline. Character's arms have a black outline. Character's eyes have a black outline. Character's face has a black outline. Character's body has a black outline. Character's arms have a black outline. Character's hat has a black outline. Character's torso has a black outline. Character's arms have a black outline. Character's eyes have a black outline. Character's face has a black outline. Character's body has a black outline. Character's arms have a black outline. Character's hat has a black outline.

Description

  • Pixelated character in yellow outfit and conical hat with text 'Blackanese' above and 'Buddy' below on gray background

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2002
  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance source-name: Wayback Ballericons Native Icon-Path GIFs
  • provenance collection-attribute: 2000s
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: attitude
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  • provenance topic-coverage: college
  • provenance era: Early-to-Mid-2000s Mainstream AIM Portal
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

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  • blackanese buddy icon
  • gray background pixel art
  • yellow conical hat character
  • black arms extended character
  • text blackanese buddy
  • character arms extended yellow torso
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Style

  • pixel art
  • static

Subjects

  • pixelated character

Visible Text

  • Blackanese
  • Buddy

Wordwall

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  • text 'Buddy'
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  • character hat conical
  • character eyes horizontal rectangles
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  • character body solid yellow rectangle
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Full source records (1)

Wayback Ballericons Native Icon-Path GIFs (wayback-ballericons-icon-path-gifs)

Kind
wayback-cdx
Era
Early-to-Mid-2000s Mainstream AIM Portal
Type
Wayback direct native asset enumeration from the portal's primary /icon/ namespace
Category
icon
Alt
25763
Observed
July 13, 2026 at 05:25 UTC
Rights
mixed portal and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large humor, attitude, college, celebrity, video-game, holiday, and sports buddy-icon portal

Original: http://ballericons.com/icon/25763.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20010806142622id_/http://ballericons.com:80/icon/25763.gif