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Blue background with repeated black text and pink star-like symbols, showing animation where some stars change from solid to cross-shaped.

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Blue background with repeated black text and pink star-like symbols, showing animation where some stars change from solid to cross-shaped.

Blue background with repeated black text and pink star-like symbols, showing animation where some stars change from solid to cross-shaped. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from I…

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  • if you ask if you ask if you ask
  • to surrender: surrender: surrender
  • I will I will I will
  • try my best try my best try my best
  • BEAT YOU BEAT YOU BEAT YOU

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200808040458291260328063
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:35 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
580 bytes
Motion
Animated (9 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/ff/ff08a6cff0ecc9271e16a5426857de771f757654830fd5fcef4cf16844776934.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
ff08a6cff0ecc927
SHA-256
ff08a6cff0ecc9271e16a5426857de771f757654830fd5fcef4cf16844776934
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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
200808040458291260328063
Archive entry
200808040458291260328063.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:35 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#200808040458291260328063.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200808040458291260328063.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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