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Pixelated static image shows two cartoon-style characters against a light brown background, one with dark hair and the other with light hair and a white star on chest.

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Pixelated static image shows two cartoon-style characters against a light brown background, one with dark hair and the other with light hair and a white star on chest.

Pixelated static image shows two cartoon-style characters against a light brown background, one with dark hair and the other with light hair and a white star on chest. 48×48 GIF A…

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Composition

  • centered characters
  • solid background

Dense Caption

Static pixelated image with low-resolution rendering. Left character has dark hair, light skin, and a white collar. Right character has light hair, light skin, black eyes, and a white star on chest. Background is solid light brown. No visible text. Composition centers both characters horizontally. Colors include dark brown, light brown, white, black, and light gray. No animation or motion. No clothing details beyond collar. No props or symbols other than star. No facial expressions beyond basic features. No visible text. No background elements beyond solid color. No visible motion. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No.

Description

Pixelated static image shows two cartoon-style characters against a light brown background, one with dark hair and the other with light hair and a white star on chest.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): franksicons
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • two cartoon characters light brown background
  • dark hair light hair white star
  • pixelated cartoon characters
  • white star chest light brown background
  • cartoon characters white collar
  • light brown background pixelated
  • white star black eyes
  • light skin dark hair light hair

Preprocessing Notes

  • image appears upscaled or low-resolution

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): 2007-2016
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): franksicons
  • observation file-name (gallery): franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • observation file-name (gallery): 200708221325451967517531
  • observation title (gallery): 200708221325451967517531

Style

  • cartoon

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  • two cartoon characters
  • dark hair
  • light hair
  • white star on chest
  • light brown background
  • pixelated rendering
  • no visible text
  • white collar
  • black eyes
  • light skin

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200708221325451967517531
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:40 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.5 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/ff/ff2144fd0ace9ca6960e6168f5f87ab67d95e53b5506e1bcf9f50a373cc5add6.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 14:40 UTC
Archive ID
ff2144fd0ace9ca6
SHA-256
ff2144fd0ace9ca6960e6168f5f87ab67d95e53b5506e1bcf9f50a373cc5add6
Content-safety assessments (1)
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 20:10 UTC
Run
1140
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.049486

OpenAI category scores

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Pixelated static image shows two cartoon-style characters against a light brown background, one with dark hair and the other with light hair and a white star on chest.

Reviewed
August 26, 2026 at 03:59 UTC
Run
69
Version
v5
Elapsed
11,325 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,089, response 1,187

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
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  • light brown (color, 0.80)
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  • white star (object, 0.80)
  • cartoon (style, 0.80)
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  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • two cartoon characters (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • light brown
  • white
  • black
  • light gray
  • dark brown

Composition

  • centered characters
  • solid background

Dense Caption

Static pixelated image with low-resolution rendering. Left character has dark hair, light skin, and a white collar. Right character has light hair, light skin, black eyes, and a white star on chest. Background is solid light brown. No visible text. Composition centers both characters horizontally. Colors include dark brown, light brown, white, black, and light gray. No animation or motion. No clothing details beyond collar. No props or symbols other than star. No facial expressions beyond basic features. No visible text. No background elements beyond solid color. No visible motion. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No visible text. No.

Description

Pixelated static image shows two cartoon-style characters against a light brown background, one with dark hair and the other with light hair and a white star on chest.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): franksicons
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Mood

  • neutral

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • two cartoon characters light brown background
  • dark hair light hair white star
  • pixelated cartoon characters
  • white star chest light brown background
  • cartoon characters white collar
  • light brown background pixelated
  • white star black eyes
  • light skin dark hair light hair

Objects

  • white star
  • white collar

Preprocessing Notes

  • image appears upscaled or low-resolution

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
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  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): 2007-2016
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): franksicons
  • observation file-name (gallery): franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • observation file-name (gallery): 200708221325451967517531
  • observation title (gallery): 200708221325451967517531

Style

  • cartoon
  • pixelated
  • low-resolution

Subjects

  • two cartoon characters

Wordwall

  • two cartoon characters
  • dark hair
  • light hair
  • white star on chest
  • light brown background
  • pixelated rendering
  • no visible text
  • white collar
  • black eyes
  • light skin
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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 27, 2026 at 12:41 UTC
Run
52
Version
v5
Elapsed
0 ms
Error
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (127.0.0.1:11435)
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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
200708221325451967517531
Archive entry
200708221325451967517531.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:40 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#200708221325451967517531.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200708221325451967517531.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016