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Pixelated icon with pink background, cyan border, and repeated text elements including 'R.I.P', 'Chase', and 'The hamste' in black font.

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Pixelated icon with pink background, cyan border, and repeated text elements including 'R.I.P', 'Chase', and 'The hamste' in black font.

Pixelated icon with pink background, cyan border, and repeated text elements including 'R.I.P', 'Chase', and 'The hamste' in black font. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Int…

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  • R.I.P
  • Chase
  • The hamste

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20071226164545589798778
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:06 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
830 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/ff/ff2e304ec2b73f15777eed12fe6fa33658c310816dd12a27bccd27b5b86df84b.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
ff2e304ec2b73f15
SHA-256
ff2e304ec2b73f15777eed12fe6fa33658c310816dd12a27bccd27b5b86df84b
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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
20071226164545589798778
Archive entry
20071226164545589798778.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:06 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#20071226164545589798778.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20071226164545589798778.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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