Two side-by-side animated frames of a cartoon character with black hair and large eyes, each framed by colored borders and labeled "TOOT" at the bottom.

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Two side-by-side animated frames of a cartoon character with black hair and large eyes, each framed by colored borders and labeled "TOOT" at the bottom.

Two side-by-side animated frames of a cartoon character with black hair and large eyes, each framed by colored borders and labeled "TOOT" at the bottom. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM bud…

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Animation

  • left frame has more detailed eye shading; right frame shows slightly less facial detail

Animation Summary

  • Two frames show subtle facial detail variation between left (more detailed eyes) and right (less detailed eyes) in a 48x48 pixel animation

Composition

  • centered character with text below, side-by-side frames in contact sheet layout

Dense Caption

The image shows two adjacent 48x48 pixel animated frames from an AOL Instant Messenger buddy icon. Both frames feature a stylized cartoon character with short black hair, large round eyes with dark pupils, and a small oval mouth. The character's face is light gray with subtle color variations in the eye areas suggesting highlights or reflections. In the left frame, the border is bright pink; in the right frame, it is white. Below each character image, the text "TOOT" appears in bold uppercase letters on a white rectangular background with a pink outline. The frames are displayed side-by-side as part of a contact sheet layout (2x1), indicating they represent sequential animation states. The left frame shows slightly more pronounced eye details and facial shading compared to the right frame, suggesting subtle motion between the two sampled frames. The overall style is pixelated with visible dithering typical of early digital animations.

Description

Two side-by-side animated frames of a cartoon character with black hair and large eyes, each framed by colored borders and labeled "TOOT" at the bottom.

Identity Hypotheses

  • TOOT | basis both | confidence high | evidence: "TOOT" text on image

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • wayback-coolbuddy-gifs cannot be confirmed from image alone
  • category path does not match visible content

Metadata Only Entities

  • contest042 entry

Metadata Supported By Image

  • contest042 is plausible as a contest name given the structured naming convention and animation quality

Named Entities

  • TOOT

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • TOOT cartoon buddy icon
  • pink border TOOT animation
  • white border TOOT frame
  • 48x48 pixel TOOT animation
  • cartoon character TOOT text
  • side-by-side TOOT frames

Preprocessing Notes

contact sheet (2x1) showing two sampled animation frames from a larger sequence; gray transparency background not visible due to teal backdrop

Safety Notes

  • non-explicit cartoon character with no sexual or violent content

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • wayback-coolbuddy-gifs suggests historical archive of buddy icons
  • alt: contest042 implies competition entry
  • category: icon / contest / imgs / contest042 indicates official contest submission

Style

  • cartoon

Subjects

  • cartoon character

Visible Text

  • TOOT

Visually Supported Entities

  • TOOT character (name derived from text)

Wordwall

  • cartoon character
  • black hair
  • large round eyes
  • small oval mouth
  • light gray face
  • pink border
  • white border
  • TOOT text
  • bold uppercase letters
  • white rectangular background
  • pink outline
  • pixelated animation
  • dithered edges
  • side-by-side frames
  • contact sheet layout
  • sequential motion
  • eye detail variation
  • facial shading difference
  • 48x48 pixels
  • stylized cartoon style

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 8, 2026

Wayback CDX CoolBuddy.com Icon GIF Captures

Source title
contest042
Category
icon / contest / imgs / contest042
Era
Mid-2000s Mega Gallery
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 01:05 UTC

Hmmnd0 Historical AIM Buddy Icon Repository

Source title
iconhell_vixter_toot
Category
IconHell/TV
Era
Early-2000s Multi-Gallery Archive
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 13:56 UTC
Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.5 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 8, 2026
Relative path
icons/fb/fb76ee17b3997c60a145dce66be993f0f89928614a1ab2ffceacf67792a8a0a3.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 10, 2026 at 04:06 UTC
Archive ID
fb76ee17b3997c60
SHA-256
fb76ee17b3997c60a145dce66be993f0f89928614a1ab2ffceacf67792a8a0a3
Content-safety assessments (2)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 06:35 UTC
Run
106
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.112856

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.911371onnx/unsafe0.112856onnx/nsfw0.076624onnx/nsfl0.036232
legacy-enrichmentqwen3-vl:30blegacy-import
Assessed
July 10, 2026 at 18:42 UTC
Run
26
Input
image
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-smart
Overall label
safe
Overall score
0.950000

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flaglegacy/manual-review0.000000falselegacy/nsfw0.000000false
Enrichment records (1)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Two side-by-side animated frames of a cartoon character with black hair and large eyes, each framed by colored borders and labeled "TOOT" at the bottom.

Reviewed
July 10, 2026 at 18:42 UTC
Run
26
Version
v3
Elapsed
18,501 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,953, response 2,074

Review tags

  • 48x48 pixels (size, 1.00)
  • bold uppercase text (text, 1.00)
  • pixel art animation (style, 0.95)
  • toot character (subject, 0.95)
  • teal background (background, 0.90)
  • pink border (border, 0.90)
  • white border (border, 0.90)
  • sequential motion (animation, 0.85)

Animation

  • left frame has more detailed eye shading; right frame shows slightly less facial detail

Animation Summary

  • Two frames show subtle facial detail variation between left (more detailed eyes) and right (less detailed eyes) in a 48x48 pixel animation

Colors

  • black
  • light gray
  • pink
  • white
  • teal

Composition

  • centered character with text below, side-by-side frames in contact sheet layout

Dense Caption

The image shows two adjacent 48x48 pixel animated frames from an AOL Instant Messenger buddy icon. Both frames feature a stylized cartoon character with short black hair, large round eyes with dark pupils, and a small oval mouth. The character's face is light gray with subtle color variations in the eye areas suggesting highlights or reflections. In the left frame, the border is bright pink; in the right frame, it is white. Below each character image, the text "TOOT" appears in bold uppercase letters on a white rectangular background with a pink outline. The frames are displayed side-by-side as part of a contact sheet layout (2x1), indicating they represent sequential animation states. The left frame shows slightly more pronounced eye details and facial shading compared to the right frame, suggesting subtle motion between the two sampled frames. The overall style is pixelated with visible dithering typical of early digital animations.

Description

Two side-by-side animated frames of a cartoon character with black hair and large eyes, each framed by colored borders and labeled "TOOT" at the bottom.

Identity Hypotheses

  • TOOT | basis both | confidence high | evidence: "TOOT" text on image

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • wayback-coolbuddy-gifs cannot be confirmed from image alone
  • category path does not match visible content

Metadata Only Entities

  • contest042 entry

Metadata Supported By Image

  • contest042 is plausible as a contest name given the structured naming convention and animation quality

Mood

  • neutral

Named Entities

  • TOOT

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • TOOT cartoon buddy icon
  • pink border TOOT animation
  • white border TOOT frame
  • 48x48 pixel TOOT animation
  • cartoon character TOOT text
  • side-by-side TOOT frames

Preprocessing Notes

contact sheet (2x1) showing two sampled animation frames from a larger sequence; gray transparency background not visible due to teal backdrop

Safety Notes

  • non-explicit cartoon character with no sexual or violent content

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • wayback-coolbuddy-gifs suggests historical archive of buddy icons
  • alt: contest042 implies competition entry
  • category: icon / contest / imgs / contest042 indicates official contest submission

Style

  • pixel art
  • cartoon
  • dithered edges

Subjects

  • cartoon character

Visible Text

  • TOOT

Visually Supported Entities

  • TOOT character (name derived from text)

Wordwall

  • cartoon character
  • black hair
  • large round eyes
  • small oval mouth
  • light gray face
  • pink border
  • white border
  • TOOT text
  • bold uppercase letters
  • white rectangular background
  • pink outline
  • pixelated animation
  • dithered edges
  • side-by-side frames
  • contact sheet layout
  • sequential motion
  • eye detail variation
  • facial shading difference
  • 48x48 pixels
  • stylized cartoon style
Raw JSON
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Full source records (2)

Wayback CDX CoolBuddy.com Icon GIF Captures (wayback-coolbuddy-gifs)

Kind
wayback-cdx
Era
Mid-2000s Mega Gallery
Type
Wayback historical mega-gallery crawl
Category
icon / contest / imgs / contest042
Alt
contest042
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 01:05 UTC
Rights
mixed copyright; research/reference only by default
Slice
large category portal with broad AIM and messenger icon coverage

Hmmnd0 Historical AIM Buddy Icon Repository (github-hmmnd0-historical-buddy-icon-repository)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Early-2000s Multi-Gallery Archive
Type
public Git mirror containing four organized historical AIM buddy-icon site collections
Category
IconHell/TV
Title
iconhell_vixter_toot
Archive entry
IconHell/TV/iconhell_vixter_toot.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 13:56 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
cross-sectional archive of Badass Buddy, CoolBuddy, dollbuddieicons, and IconHell collections spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, holidays, sports, relationships, pride, dolls, and internet culture