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Pixelated hippo head on left, bright green background with purple text reading 'smokin...', 'oh... my... gosh.....', and 'ITS A HIPPO !!!!!!!'

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Pixelated hippo head on left, bright green background with purple text reading 'smokin...', 'oh... my... gosh.....', and 'ITS A HIPPO !!!!!!!'

Pixelated hippo head on left, bright green background with purple text reading 'smokin...', 'oh... my... gosh.....', and 'ITS A HIPPO !!!!!!!'. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon f…

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Mood

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Composition

  • split composition: left image, right text
  • text arranged in three vertical sections on right
  • hippo head occupies upper-left quadrant

Dense Caption

Left side shows a pixelated hippopotamus head facing right against a light blue sky and brown ground. Right side has solid bright green background with dark purple pixelated text: top-right reads 'smokin...', middle-left reads 'oh... my... gosh.....', middle-right reads 'ITS A HIPPO !!!!!!!'. Text uses blocky, low-resolution font typical of early digital graphics. Hippo's skin is brownish-gray with visible texture and eye details.

Description

Pixelated hippo head on left, bright green background with purple text reading 'smokin...', 'oh... my... gosh.....', and 'ITS A HIPPO !!!!!!!'

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 20071205173215237881450

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • hippo pixel art text
  • smokin oh my gosh hippo
  • green background purple text hippo
  • ITS A HIPPO !!!!

Visible Text

  • smokin...
  • oh... my... gosh.....
  • ITS A HIPPO !!!!!!!

Wordwall

  • hippo head
  • pixelated image
  • bright green background
  • purple text
  • smokin...
  • oh... my... gosh.....
  • ITS A HIPPO !!!!!!!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20071205173215237881450
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:02 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.4 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:02 UTC
Archive ID
fdc7f59c26db6aca
SHA-256
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 20:09 UTC
Run
1140
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Overall label
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Overall score
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Pixelated hippo head on left, bright green background with purple text reading 'smokin...', 'oh... my... gosh.....', and 'ITS A HIPPO !!!!!!!'

Reviewed
July 30, 2026 at 23:31 UTC
Run
55
Version
v5
Elapsed
7,772 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,108, response 693

Review tags

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  • dark purple (color, 0.80)
  • light blue (color, 0.80)
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  • bright green
  • brownish-gray
  • light blue
  • dark purple

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  • split composition: left image, right text
  • text arranged in three vertical sections on right
  • hippo head occupies upper-left quadrant

Dense Caption

Left side shows a pixelated hippopotamus head facing right against a light blue sky and brown ground. Right side has solid bright green background with dark purple pixelated text: top-right reads 'smokin...', middle-left reads 'oh... my... gosh.....', middle-right reads 'ITS A HIPPO !!!!!!!'. Text uses blocky, low-resolution font typical of early digital graphics. Hippo's skin is brownish-gray with visible texture and eye details.

Description

Pixelated hippo head on left, bright green background with purple text reading 'smokin...', 'oh... my... gosh.....', and 'ITS A HIPPO !!!!!!!'

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 20071205173215237881450

Mood

  • surprised
  • exclamatory

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  • smokin oh my gosh hippo
  • green background purple text hippo
  • ITS A HIPPO !!!!

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  • pixelated
  • low-resolution digital graphics
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  • hippopotamus head

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  • smokin...
  • oh... my... gosh.....
  • ITS A HIPPO !!!!!!!

Wordwall

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  • bright green background
  • purple text
  • smokin...
  • oh... my... gosh.....
  • ITS A HIPPO !!!!!!!
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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
20071205173215237881450
Archive entry
20071205173215237881450.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:02 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#20071205173215237881450.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20071205173215237881450.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016