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Pixelated cartoon head with spiky gray hair, mustache, and orange cheeks in nine distinct facial expressions including closed eyes, tongue out, and varied mouth shapes.

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Pixelated cartoon head with spiky gray hair, mustache, and orange cheeks in nine distinct facial expressions including closed eyes, tongue out, and varied mouth shapes.

Pixelated cartoon head with spiky gray hair, mustache, and orange cheeks in nine distinct facial expressions including closed eyes, tongue out, and varied mouth shapes. Animated 9…

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Depicts

Action

Style

Mood

Color

Animation

  • facial expression changes
  • tongue extension
  • eye closure
  • mouth opening/closing

Animation Summary

Facial expression changes across nine : eyes close, mouth opens, tongue extends in multiple ; expressions include closed eyes, open mouth, and extended red tongue

Composition

  • nine
  • one gray square

Dense Caption

Pixelated cartoon head with spiky gray hair, gray mustache, and orange cheeks. Nine distinct facial expressions: top row left shows open eyes and closed mouth; top row middle shows closed eyes and open mouth; top row right shows open eyes, open mouth, and extended red tongue; middle row left shows open eyes, open mouth, and extended red tongue; middle row middle shows open eyes, open mouth, and extended red tongue; middle row right shows open eyes and closed mouth; bottom row left shows open eyes and closed mouth; bottom row middle shows open eyes and closed mouth; bottom row right shows open eyes and closed mouth. All faces share identical hair, mustache, and cheek coloration. Background is white. One gray square occupies bottom-right corner.

Description

Pixelated cartoon head with spiky gray hair, mustache, and orange cheeks in nine distinct facial expressions including closed eyes, tongue out, and varied mouth shapes.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 1998
  • provenance era: 2009
  • provenance source-name: GifCities Instant Messenger Avatar Small Mixed-Size Search
  • provenance topic-coverage: AIM-era identity graphics
  • provenance collection-attribute: avatar
  • provenance topic-coverage: avatars
  • provenance collection-attribute: geocities
  • provenance era: GeoCities Instant Messenger Avatar Cross-Section
  • provenance collection-attribute: gifcities
  • provenance topic-coverage: instant messaging
  • provenance collection-attribute: instant-messenger
  • provenance source-type: Internet Archive GifCities search result

Metadata Only Entities

  • GifCities
  • AIM-era
  • GeoCities
  • instant messaging
  • Internet Archive

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • spiky gray hair cartoon head
  • gray mustache orange cheeks
  • red tongue extended
  • nine facial expressions
  • pixelated cartoon head
  • white background gray square
  • cartoon head facial expressions
  • gray square corner

Preprocessing Notes

  • one gray square occupies bottom-right corner
  • quarantined animationSummary: Facial expression changes across nine panels: eyes close, mouth opens, tongue extends in multiple panels; expressions include closed eyes, open mouth, and extended red tongue.
  • quarantined composition: nine panels
  • quarantined composition: grid layout

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 1998
  • provenance era: 2009
  • provenance source-name: GifCities Instant Messenger Avatar Small Mixed-Size Search
  • provenance topic-coverage: AIM-era identity graphics
  • provenance collection-attribute: avatar
  • provenance topic-coverage: avatars
  • provenance collection-attribute: geocities
  • provenance era: GeoCities Instant Messenger Avatar Cross-Section
  • provenance collection-attribute: gifcities
  • provenance topic-coverage: instant messaging
  • provenance collection-attribute: instant-messenger
  • provenance source-type: Internet Archive GifCities search result

Style

  • cartoon

Wordwall

  • spiky gray hair
  • gray mustache
  • orange cheeks
  • red tongue
  • nine facial expressions
  • white background
  • gray square corner
  • pixelated rendering
  • closed eyes
  • open mouth
  • extended tongue
  • orange cheek blush
  • gray square
  • cartoon head
  • open eyes
  • closed mouth
  • red tongue extension
  • identical hair
  • identical mustache
  • identical cheeks

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Added to archive
July 10, 2026

GifCities Instant Messenger Avatar Small Mixed-Size Search

Source title
GifCities
Category
search / gifcities
Era
GeoCities Instant Messenger Avatar Cross-Section
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 03:36 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
90×90 pixels
File size
24.4 KB
Motion
Animated (8 frames)
Added to archive
July 10, 2026
Relative path
icons/13/139f6beaaf3fa13d482ad72861dbbf3655022bfc4f3c76a33dac7768e6aa7615.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 10, 2026 at 03:36 UTC
Archive ID
139f6beaaf3fa13d
SHA-256
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Content-safety assessments (2)
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Assessed
August 5, 2026 at 03:36 UTC
Run
1266
Input
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Preprocessing
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Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
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OpenAI category scores

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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 07:04 UTC
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Overall label
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OpenAI category scores

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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Pixelated cartoon head with spiky gray hair, mustache, and orange cheeks in nine distinct facial expressions including closed eyes, tongue out, and varied mouth shapes.

Reviewed
August 23, 2026 at 20:57 UTC
Run
67
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,208 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,066, response 1,008

Review tags

  • eyes closed (action, 0.80)
  • mouth closed (action, 0.80)
  • mouth open (action, 0.80)
  • tongue out (action, 0.80)
  • gray (color, 0.80)
  • expressive (mood, 0.80)
  • playful (mood, 0.80)
  • varied (mood, 0.80)
  • gray square (object, 0.80)
  • cartoon (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • cartoon head (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • tongue out
  • eyes closed
  • mouth open
  • mouth closed

Animation

  • facial expression changes
  • tongue extension
  • eye closure
  • mouth opening/closing

Animation Summary

Facial expression changes across nine : eyes close, mouth opens, tongue extends in multiple ; expressions include closed eyes, open mouth, and extended red tongue

Colors

  • gray
  • orange
  • red
  • white

Composition

  • nine
  • one gray square

Dense Caption

Pixelated cartoon head with spiky gray hair, gray mustache, and orange cheeks. Nine distinct facial expressions: top row left shows open eyes and closed mouth; top row middle shows closed eyes and open mouth; top row right shows open eyes, open mouth, and extended red tongue; middle row left shows open eyes, open mouth, and extended red tongue; middle row middle shows open eyes, open mouth, and extended red tongue; middle row right shows open eyes and closed mouth; bottom row left shows open eyes and closed mouth; bottom row middle shows open eyes and closed mouth; bottom row right shows open eyes and closed mouth. All faces share identical hair, mustache, and cheek coloration. Background is white. One gray square occupies bottom-right corner.

Description

Pixelated cartoon head with spiky gray hair, mustache, and orange cheeks in nine distinct facial expressions including closed eyes, tongue out, and varied mouth shapes.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 1998
  • provenance era: 2009
  • provenance source-name: GifCities Instant Messenger Avatar Small Mixed-Size Search
  • provenance topic-coverage: AIM-era identity graphics
  • provenance collection-attribute: avatar
  • provenance topic-coverage: avatars
  • provenance collection-attribute: geocities
  • provenance era: GeoCities Instant Messenger Avatar Cross-Section
  • provenance collection-attribute: gifcities
  • provenance topic-coverage: instant messaging
  • provenance collection-attribute: instant-messenger
  • provenance source-type: Internet Archive GifCities search result

Metadata Only Entities

  • GifCities
  • AIM-era
  • GeoCities
  • instant messaging
  • Internet Archive

Mood

  • playful
  • expressive
  • varied

Non Redundant Search Phrases

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  • gray mustache orange cheeks
  • red tongue extended
  • nine facial expressions
  • pixelated cartoon head
  • white background gray square
  • cartoon head facial expressions
  • gray square corner

Objects

  • gray square

Preprocessing Notes

  • one gray square occupies bottom-right corner
  • quarantined animationSummary: Facial expression changes across nine panels: eyes close, mouth opens, tongue extends in multiple panels; expressions include closed eyes, open mouth, and extended red tongue.
  • quarantined composition: nine panels
  • quarantined composition: grid layout

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 1998
  • provenance era: 2009
  • provenance source-name: GifCities Instant Messenger Avatar Small Mixed-Size Search
  • provenance topic-coverage: AIM-era identity graphics
  • provenance collection-attribute: avatar
  • provenance topic-coverage: avatars
  • provenance collection-attribute: geocities
  • provenance era: GeoCities Instant Messenger Avatar Cross-Section
  • provenance collection-attribute: gifcities
  • provenance topic-coverage: instant messaging
  • provenance collection-attribute: instant-messenger
  • provenance source-type: Internet Archive GifCities search result

Style

  • pixelated
  • cartoon

Subjects

  • cartoon head

Wordwall

  • spiky gray hair
  • gray mustache
  • orange cheeks
  • red tongue
  • nine facial expressions
  • white background
  • gray square corner
  • pixelated rendering
  • closed eyes
  • open mouth
  • extended tongue
  • orange cheek blush
  • gray square
  • cartoon head
  • open eyes
  • closed mouth
  • red tongue extension
  • identical hair
  • identical mustache
  • identical cheeks
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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 27, 2026 at 00:08 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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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 14, 2026 at 04:37 UTC
Run
30
Version
v3
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)
GifCities Instant Messenger Avatar Small Mixed-Size Search (gifcities-instant-messenger-avatar-small-mixed)
Kind
static-gallery
Era
GeoCities Instant Messenger Avatar Cross-Section
Type
Internet Archive GifCities search result
Category
search / gifcities
Title
GifCities
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 03:36 UTC
Rights
mixed GeoCities user material; research/reference only by default
Slice
search-selected small and near-square instant-messenger avatar candidates adjacent to AIM buddy icons
Original: https://blob.gifcities.org/gifcities/IRQOC4QSLHB2CZKFHZFNVNMA4MGDZENN.gif Download: https://blob.gifcities.org/gifcities/IRQOC4QSLHB2CZKFHZFNVNMA4MGDZENN.gif Page: https://web.archive.org/web/20091026222201/http://geocities.com/msvettel/