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Pixelated character with white head and yellow torso, multiple instances of text bubbles above including HI, NICE, POCKET, PROTECTOR, THANKS, WELL...BYE, BYE.

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2
Non-canonical
1
Pixel-exact
0
Perceptual
1
pHash distance
2 (lower is closer)

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Pixelated character with white head and yellow torso, multiple instances of text bubbles above including HI, NICE, POCKET, PROTECTOR, THANKS, WELL...BYE, BYE.

Pixelated character with white head and yellow torso, multiple instances of text bubbles above including HI, NICE, POCKET, PROTECTOR, THANKS, WELL...BYE, BYE. Animated 50×50 GIF A…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Visible Text

  • HI
  • NICE
  • POCKET
  • PROTECTOR
  • THANKS
  • WELL...BYE
  • BYE
  • _Nerds

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Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 9, 2026

Wayback CDX Buddy-Icons.us GIF Captures

Source title
f2a038538f2-IMBUDDY
Category
buddyicons / f
Era
Mid-2000s Buddy Icon Portal
Observed
July 9, 2026 at 22:38 UTC

Original record Source download

Wayback CDX Buddy-Icons.us GIF Captures Relaxed

Source title
f2a038538f2-IMBUDDY
Category
buddyicons / f
Era
Mid-2000s Buddy Icon Portal
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 19:08 UTC

Original record Source download

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
5.3 KB
Motion
Animated (17 frames)
Added to archive
July 9, 2026
Relative path
icons/4a/4a3f285bef05935813da9a55dfbe7ab59e40e66fc195cc3d5d8dfb64fba73486.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
4a3f285bef059358
SHA-256
4a3f285bef05935813da9a55dfbe7ab59e40e66fc195cc3d5d8dfb64fba73486
Full source records (2)

Wayback CDX Buddy-Icons.us GIF Captures (wayback-buddy-icons-us-domain-gifs)

Kind
wayback-cdx
Era
Mid-2000s Buddy Icon Portal
Type
Wayback historical buddy-icon domain crawl
Category
buddyicons / f
Alt
f2a038538f2-IMBUDDY
Observed
July 9, 2026 at 22:38 UTC
Rights
mixed copyright and user-submitted material; research/reference only by default
Slice
AIM-era dedicated buddy-icon portal material from a small domain crawl

Original: http://www.buddy-icons.us/buddyicons/f/f2a038538f2-IMBUDDY.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20070126052438id_/http://www.buddy-icons.us:80/buddyicons/f/f2a038538f2-IMBUDDY.gif

Wayback CDX Buddy-Icons.us GIF Captures Relaxed (wayback-buddy-icons-us-domain-gifs-relaxed)

Kind
wayback-cdx
Era
Mid-2000s Buddy Icon Portal
Type
Wayback historical buddy-icon domain crawl relaxed-size pass
Category
buddyicons / f
Alt
f2a038538f2-IMBUDDY
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 19:08 UTC
Rights
mixed copyright and user-submitted material; research/reference only by default
Slice
relaxed-size AIM-era buddy-icon portal material, including narrow/tall and larger avatar-format GIF candidates

Original: http://www.buddy-icons.us/buddyicons/f/f2a038538f2-IMBUDDY.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20070126052438id_/http://www.buddy-icons.us:80/buddyicons/f/f2a038538f2-IMBUDDY.gif

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