A 3x3 contact sheet of seven pixelated red crab animations on a gray background, each frame showing slight variations in pose and claw position.

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A 3x3 contact sheet of seven pixelated red crab animations on a gray background, each frame showing slight variations in pose and claw position.

A 3x3 contact sheet of seven pixelated red crab animations on a gray background, each frame showing slight variations in pose and claw position. Animated 42×45 GIF AIM buddy icon…

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Animation

frame 0: left claw open, right claw closed; frame 1: both claws partially extended; frame 2: right claw fully open; frame 3: left claw open, right claw closed; frame 4: both claws partially extended; frame 5: right claw fully open; frame 6: left claw open, right claw closed

Animation Summary

Seven-frame animation showing sequential pose variations of a pixelated red crab, cycling through different claw positions and body rotations while maintaining consistent color scheme and basic anatomy.

Composition

  • single subject centered in frame
  • 3x3 contact sheet layout
  • no additional objects or text

Dense Caption

The image displays a static contact sheet containing seven distinct frames from an animated icon. Each frame features a small, pixelated red crab with black accents on its eyes and claws against a solid light gray background. The crabs have rounded bodies, six legs (two front legs visible), two large pincers, and one raised claw. All crabs share the same basic design but exhibit subtle pose differences across frames: some show both claws in different positions (one open, one closed or partially extended), while others display slight variations in body rotation or leg positioning. The animation appears to cycle through these poses sequentially. Each crab has a simple black eye marking and small black details on its pincers. The overall style is retro pixel art with limited color palette (red, black, gray) and visible dithering effects typical of early digital graphics. No text or additional objects appear in any frame.

Description

A 3x3 contact sheet of seven pixelated red crab animations on a gray background, each frame showing slight variations in pose and claw position.

Identity Hypotheses

  • crab mascot | basis both | confidence medium | evidence: red crab design with black eye markings matches common cartoon mascot style

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • no specific character name, brand, or fandom visible in pixels

Metadata Supported By Image

  • retro pixel art style matches early internet cartoon aesthetic

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • red pixelated crab animation
  • gray background cartoon crab icon
  • retro digital graphics crab mascot
  • sequential pose crab animation frame sheet
  • crab buddy icon pixel art

Preprocessing Notes

  • contact sheet contains 7 sampled frames from a larger animation
  • sourceFrameCount indicates total source frames may be higher than visible sample count
  • gray background is display context for transparency
  • frames arranged left-to-right then top-to-bottom in contact sheet layout

Safety Notes

  • non-explicit cartoon crab design with no nudity or sexual content

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • non-authoritative hints suggest 'GifCities' and 'cartoon-buddy-icon' categories with possible fandom or search-based origins

Wordwall

  • pixelated red crab
  • gray background
  • black eye markings
  • small black claw details
  • six legs per crab
  • two large pincers
  • one raised claw
  • body rotation variations
  • claw position differences
  • sequential pose animation
  • retro pixel art style
  • limited color palette
  • dithering effects
  • solid light gray backdrop
  • crab body shape
  • front leg visibility
  • black eye accent
  • small black details on claws
  • frame-to-frame pose changes
  • simple cartoon crab design

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 8, 2026

GifCities AIM Buddy Icon Small Mixed-Size Search

Source title
GifCities
Category
chunkit617 / gallery
Era
GeoCities AIM-Era Personal Web Cross-Section
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 02:48 UTC

GifCities Buddy Icon Small Mixed-Size Search

Source title
GifCities
Category
search / gifcities
Era
GeoCities Buddy-Icon Personal Web Cross-Section
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 08:04 UTC

GifCities AOL Buddy Icon Small Mixed-Size Search

Source title
GifCities
Category
search / gifcities
Era
GeoCities AOL Buddy-Icon Personal Web Cross-Section
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 08:04 UTC

GifCities AIM Icon Small Mixed-Size Search

Source title
GifCities
Category
search / gifcities
Era
GeoCities AIM-Era Personal Web Cross-Section
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 17:30 UTC

GifCities AOL Icon Small Mixed-Size Search

Source title
GifCities
Category
search / gifcities
Era
GeoCities AOL Buddy-Icon Personal Web Cross-Section
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 17:30 UTC

GifCities Instant Messenger Icon Small Mixed-Size Search

Source title
GifCities
Category
search / gifcities
Era
GeoCities Instant-Messenger Personal Web Cross-Section
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 17:31 UTC

GifCities IM Icon Small Mixed-Size Search

Source title
GifCities
Category
search / gifcities
Era
GeoCities Instant-Messenger Personal Web Cross-Section
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 17:32 UTC

GifCities Cartoon Buddy Icon Small Mixed-Size Search

Source title
GifCities
Category
search / gifcities
Era
GeoCities Cartoon Buddy-Icon Personal Web Cross-Section
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 00:05 UTC

GifCities Cartoon Avatar Small Mixed-Size Search

Source title
GifCities
Category
search / gifcities
Era
GeoCities Cartoon Avatar Personal Web Cross-Section
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 00:10 UTC

GifCities Cartoon Icon Small Mixed-Size Search

Source title
GifCities
Category
search / gifcities
Era
GeoCities Cartoon Icon Personal Web Cross-Section
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 00:27 UTC
Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
42×45 pixels
File size
2.1 KB
Motion
Animated (7 frames)
Added to archive
July 8, 2026
Relative path
icons/a3/a397679810703e8b83819a3d74cc9740b8fb9081f67e48cb29cf6fccec156553.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 10, 2026 at 04:08 UTC
Archive ID
a397679810703e8b
SHA-256
a397679810703e8b83819a3d74cc9740b8fb9081f67e48cb29cf6fccec156553
Content-safety assessments (2)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 06:46 UTC
Run
106
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.095330

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.917066onnx/unsafe0.095330onnx/nsfw0.059595onnx/nsfl0.035734
legacy-enrichmentqwen3-vl:30blegacy-import
Assessed
July 11, 2026 at 20:54 UTC
Run
28
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

A 3x3 contact sheet of seven pixelated red crab animations on a gray background, each frame showing slight variations in pose and claw position.

Reviewed
July 11, 2026 at 20:54 UTC
Run
28
Version
v3
Elapsed
22,658 ms
Tokens
prompt 3,062, response 2,462

Review tags

  • red crab (color subject, 0.98)
  • gray background (background, 0.97)
  • cartoon crab design (subject, 0.95)
  • pixelated crab (subject, 0.95)
  • black eye markings (subject details, 0.95)
  • retro pixel art (style, 0.92)
  • dithering effects (rendering, 0.90)
  • small black claw details (subject details, 0.90)
  • body rotation variations (animation, 0.85)
  • claw position variations (animation, 0.85)
  • six legs per crab (subject details, 0.85)
  • sequential pose animation (animation, 0.80)

Actions

  • claw movement
  • body rotation
  • sequential posing

Animation

frame 0: left claw open, right claw closed; frame 1: both claws partially extended; frame 2: right claw fully open; frame 3: left claw open, right claw closed; frame 4: both claws partially extended; frame 5: right claw fully open; frame 6: left claw open, right claw closed

Animation Summary

Seven-frame animation showing sequential pose variations of a pixelated red crab, cycling through different claw positions and body rotations while maintaining consistent color scheme and basic anatomy.

Colors

  • red
  • black
  • light gray

Composition

  • single subject centered in frame
  • 3x3 contact sheet layout
  • no additional objects or text

Dense Caption

The image displays a static contact sheet containing seven distinct frames from an animated icon. Each frame features a small, pixelated red crab with black accents on its eyes and claws against a solid light gray background. The crabs have rounded bodies, six legs (two front legs visible), two large pincers, and one raised claw. All crabs share the same basic design but exhibit subtle pose differences across frames: some show both claws in different positions (one open, one closed or partially extended), while others display slight variations in body rotation or leg positioning. The animation appears to cycle through these poses sequentially. Each crab has a simple black eye marking and small black details on its pincers. The overall style is retro pixel art with limited color palette (red, black, gray) and visible dithering effects typical of early digital graphics. No text or additional objects appear in any frame.

Description

A 3x3 contact sheet of seven pixelated red crab animations on a gray background, each frame showing slight variations in pose and claw position.

Identity Hypotheses

  • crab mascot | basis both | confidence medium | evidence: red crab design with black eye markings matches common cartoon mascot style

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • no specific character name, brand, or fandom visible in pixels

Metadata Supported By Image

  • retro pixel art style matches early internet cartoon aesthetic

Mood

  • playful
  • simple
  • nostalgic

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • red pixelated crab animation
  • gray background cartoon crab icon
  • retro digital graphics crab mascot
  • sequential pose crab animation frame sheet
  • crab buddy icon pixel art

Objects

  • none beyond crab anatomy

Preprocessing Notes

  • contact sheet contains 7 sampled frames from a larger animation
  • sourceFrameCount indicates total source frames may be higher than visible sample count
  • gray background is display context for transparency
  • frames arranged left-to-right then top-to-bottom in contact sheet layout

Safety Notes

  • non-explicit cartoon crab design with no nudity or sexual content

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • non-authoritative hints suggest 'GifCities' and 'cartoon-buddy-icon' categories with possible fandom or search-based origins

Style

  • pixel art
  • retro digital graphics
  • cartoon style

Subjects

  • red crab
  • gray background

Wordwall

  • pixelated red crab
  • gray background
  • black eye markings
  • small black claw details
  • six legs per crab
  • two large pincers
  • one raised claw
  • body rotation variations
  • claw position differences
  • sequential pose animation
  • retro pixel art style
  • limited color palette
  • dithering effects
  • solid light gray backdrop
  • crab body shape
  • front leg visibility
  • black eye accent
  • small black details on claws
  • frame-to-frame pose changes
  • simple cartoon crab design
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Kind
static-gallery
Era
GeoCities AIM-Era Personal Web Cross-Section
Type
Internet Archive GifCities search result
Category
chunkit617 / gallery
Title
GifCities
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 02:48 UTC
Rights
mixed GeoCities user material; research/reference only by default
Slice
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GifCities Buddy Icon Small Mixed-Size Search (gifcities-buddy-icon-small-mixed)

Kind
static-gallery
Era
GeoCities Buddy-Icon Personal Web Cross-Section
Type
Internet Archive GifCities search result
Category
search / gifcities
Title
GifCities
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 08:04 UTC
Rights
mixed GeoCities user material; research/reference only by default
Slice
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Kind
static-gallery
Era
GeoCities AOL Buddy-Icon Personal Web Cross-Section
Type
Internet Archive GifCities search result
Category
search / gifcities
Title
GifCities
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 08:04 UTC
Rights
mixed GeoCities user material; research/reference only by default
Slice
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Kind
static-gallery
Era
GeoCities AIM-Era Personal Web Cross-Section
Type
Internet Archive GifCities search result
Category
search / gifcities
Title
GifCities
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 17:30 UTC
Rights
mixed GeoCities user material; research/reference only by default
Slice
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Kind
static-gallery
Era
GeoCities AOL Buddy-Icon Personal Web Cross-Section
Type
Internet Archive GifCities search result
Category
search / gifcities
Title
GifCities
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 17:30 UTC
Rights
mixed GeoCities user material; research/reference only by default
Slice
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Kind
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Era
GeoCities Instant-Messenger Personal Web Cross-Section
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Category
search / gifcities
Title
GifCities
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Rights
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Kind
static-gallery
Era
GeoCities Instant-Messenger Personal Web Cross-Section
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Category
search / gifcities
Title
GifCities
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Kind
static-gallery
Era
GeoCities Cartoon Buddy-Icon Personal Web Cross-Section
Type
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Category
search / gifcities
Title
GifCities
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Rights
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Kind
static-gallery
Era
GeoCities Cartoon Avatar Personal Web Cross-Section
Type
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Category
search / gifcities
Title
GifCities
Observed
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Rights
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Kind
static-gallery
Era
GeoCities Cartoon Icon Personal Web Cross-Section
Type
Internet Archive GifCities search result
Category
search / gifcities
Title
GifCities
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 00:27 UTC
Rights
mixed GeoCities user material; research/reference only by default
Slice
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