A 3x3 grid of pixel art frames showing a light blue, round cartoon character with antennae and blush cheeks in various expressions and thought bubble states against a gray background.

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A 3x3 grid of pixel art frames showing a light blue, round cartoon character with antennae and blush cheeks in various expressions and thought bubble states against a gray background.

A 3x3 grid of pixel art frames showing a light blue, round cartoon character with antennae and blush cheeks in various expressions and thought bubble states against a gray backgro…

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Animation

  • frame 0: open eyes with orange mouth accent
  • frame 1: closed eyes with small sparkle
  • frame 2: closed eyes with question mark bubble
  • frame 3: closed eyes with two thought bubbles
  • frame 4: open eyes with single thought bubble
  • frame 5: closed eyes with one thought bubble
  • frame 6: open eyes with green motion lines above head
  • frame 7: open eyes with orange mouth accent

Animation Summary

A sequence of eight frames showing a light blue cartoon character with antennae displaying various expressions and thought bubble states, including closed eyes with sparkles or question marks, open eyes with motion lines, and consistent blush cheeks across all frames.

Composition

  • 3x3 grid layout
  • character centered in each frame
  • consistent character size across frames

Dense Caption

The image displays an animated contact sheet containing eight distinct frames arranged in a 3x3 grid layout (with the bottom-right cell empty). Each frame features a small, pixelated cartoon character with a light blue rounded body, two thin antennae on top, black square eyes, and pink blush marks on its cheeks. The character has subtle orange accents near its mouth area. In different frames, the character exhibits varying expressions: some show closed eyes (with or without thought bubbles), others display open eyes with small sparkles or question marks in dark blue speech bubbles. One frame shows green motion lines above the head indicating agitation. All characters cast a soft gray drop shadow beneath them on a solid light gray background. The animation sequence demonstrates subtle facial changes and thought bubble variations across frames, maintaining consistent color schemes and proportions throughout.

Description

A 3x3 grid of pixel art frames showing a light blue, round cartoon character with antennae and blush cheeks in various expressions and thought bubble states against a gray background.

Identity Hypotheses

  • unknown character | basis: both | confidence: low | evidence: pixel art style matches early IM mascots

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • brand name 'GifCities' not visible in any frame
  • specific character name not present in image

Metadata Only Entities

  • GifCities | AOL buddy icon

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • light blue cartoon character with antennae
  • pixel art instant messenger mascot
  • 8 frame animation contact sheet
  • thought bubble expressions
  • blush cheeks cartoon icon

Preprocessing Notes

  • 8 sampled frames from animated contact sheet
  • 3x3 grid layout (bottom-right empty)
  • gray background for transparency display
  • each frame shows character in consistent size and position

Safety Notes

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

Source Metadata Interpretation

non-authoritative source hints suggest 'GifCities' branding, but no visible logo or text confirms this; hints also mention 'AOL buddy icon', which aligns with the style of early instant messenger icons

Style

  • cartoon

Visually Supported Entities

  • early 2000s instant messaging cartoon mascot style

Wordwall

  • light blue cartoon character
  • round body shape
  • two antennae top
  • black square eyes
  • pink blush cheeks
  • orange mouth accents
  • gray drop shadow
  • thought bubbles
  • question mark speech bubble
  • sparkle effect
  • green motion lines
  • pixel art style
  • 8-frame animation contact sheet
  • solid gray background
  • closed eye expression
  • open eye expression
  • blush marks on cheeks
  • antennae with three segments
  • small orange mouth detail
  • dark blue thought bubble outline

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 8, 2026

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 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 AIM Buddy Icon Small Mixed-Size Search

Source title
GifCities
Category
search / gifcities
Era
GeoCities AIM-Era Personal Web Cross-Section
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 14:45 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 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 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
Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×53 pixels
File size
1.8 KB
Motion
Animated (8 frames)
Added to archive
July 8, 2026
Relative path
icons/d1/d1ce83abd1bae4cac46a08152dcf95b8f83a8f2bac9626ee16e260ee12d3fcbf.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 10, 2026 at 04:09 UTC
Archive ID
d1ce83abd1bae4ca
SHA-256
d1ce83abd1bae4cac46a08152dcf95b8f83a8f2bac9626ee16e260ee12d3fcbf
Content-safety assessments (2)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 06:49 UTC
Run
106
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.074416

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.930345onnx/unsafe0.074416onnx/nsfw0.039174onnx/nsfl0.035242
legacy-enrichmentqwen3-vl:30blegacy-import
Assessed
July 12, 2026 at 10:32 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 grid of pixel art frames showing a light blue, round cartoon character with antennae and blush cheeks in various expressions and thought bubble states against a gray background.

Reviewed
July 12, 2026 at 10:32 UTC
Run
28
Version
v3
Elapsed
16,710 ms
Tokens
prompt 3,012, response 1,218

Review tags

  • 8 frame animation (animation, 0.95)
  • gray background (composition, 0.95)
  • pixel art style (style, 0.95)
  • antennae (subject, 0.95)
  • blush cheeks (subject, 0.95)
  • cartoon character (subject, 0.95)
  • motion lines (object, 0.90)
  • open eyes (action, 0.85)
  • thought bubbles (object, 0.85)
  • closed eyes (action, 0.75)

Actions

  • thought bubbles appear
  • eyes close and open
  • green motion lines indicate agitation

Animation

  • frame 0: open eyes with orange mouth accent
  • frame 1: closed eyes with small sparkle
  • frame 2: closed eyes with question mark bubble
  • frame 3: closed eyes with two thought bubbles
  • frame 4: open eyes with single thought bubble
  • frame 5: closed eyes with one thought bubble
  • frame 6: open eyes with green motion lines above head
  • frame 7: open eyes with orange mouth accent

Animation Summary

A sequence of eight frames showing a light blue cartoon character with antennae displaying various expressions and thought bubble states, including closed eyes with sparkles or question marks, open eyes with motion lines, and consistent blush cheeks across all frames.

Colors

  • light blue
  • black
  • pink
  • orange
  • gray
  • dark blue
  • green

Composition

  • 3x3 grid layout
  • character centered in each frame
  • consistent character size across frames

Dense Caption

The image displays an animated contact sheet containing eight distinct frames arranged in a 3x3 grid layout (with the bottom-right cell empty). Each frame features a small, pixelated cartoon character with a light blue rounded body, two thin antennae on top, black square eyes, and pink blush marks on its cheeks. The character has subtle orange accents near its mouth area. In different frames, the character exhibits varying expressions: some show closed eyes (with or without thought bubbles), others display open eyes with small sparkles or question marks in dark blue speech bubbles. One frame shows green motion lines above the head indicating agitation. All characters cast a soft gray drop shadow beneath them on a solid light gray background. The animation sequence demonstrates subtle facial changes and thought bubble variations across frames, maintaining consistent color schemes and proportions throughout.

Description

A 3x3 grid of pixel art frames showing a light blue, round cartoon character with antennae and blush cheeks in various expressions and thought bubble states against a gray background.

Identity Hypotheses

  • unknown character | basis: both | confidence: low | evidence: pixel art style matches early IM mascots

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • brand name 'GifCities' not visible in any frame
  • specific character name not present in image

Metadata Only Entities

  • GifCities | AOL buddy icon

Mood

  • playful
  • curious
  • confused
  • agitated

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • light blue cartoon character with antennae
  • pixel art instant messenger mascot
  • 8 frame animation contact sheet
  • thought bubble expressions
  • blush cheeks cartoon icon

Objects

  • dark blue speech bubbles
  • gray drop shadow

Preprocessing Notes

  • 8 sampled frames from animated contact sheet
  • 3x3 grid layout (bottom-right empty)
  • gray background for transparency display
  • each frame shows character in consistent size and position

Safety Notes

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

Source Metadata Interpretation

non-authoritative source hints suggest 'GifCities' branding, but no visible logo or text confirms this; hints also mention 'AOL buddy icon', which aligns with the style of early instant messenger icons

Style

  • pixel art
  • cartoon
  • anime-influenced

Subjects

  • light blue cartoon character

Visually Supported Entities

  • early 2000s instant messaging cartoon mascot style

Wordwall

  • light blue cartoon character
  • round body shape
  • two antennae top
  • black square eyes
  • pink blush cheeks
  • orange mouth accents
  • gray drop shadow
  • thought bubbles
  • question mark speech bubble
  • sparkle effect
  • green motion lines
  • pixel art style
  • 8-frame animation contact sheet
  • solid gray background
  • closed eye expression
  • open eye expression
  • blush marks on cheeks
  • antennae with three segments
  • small orange mouth detail
  • dark blue thought bubble outline
Raw JSON
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GifCities AOL Buddy Icon Small Mixed-Size Search (gifcities-aol-buddy-icon-small-mixed)

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
search-selected small and near-square GeoCities AOL buddy-icon candidates with archived page provenance

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
search-selected small and near-square GeoCities buddy-icon candidates with archived page provenance

GifCities AIM Buddy Icon Small Mixed-Size Search (gifcities-aim-buddy-icon-small-mixed)

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 14:45 UTC
Rights
mixed GeoCities user material; research/reference only by default
Slice
search-selected small and near-square GeoCities AIM buddy-icon candidates with archived page provenance

GifCities AOL Icon Small Mixed-Size Search (gifcities-aol-icon-small-mixed)

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
search-selected small and near-square GeoCities AOL icon candidates from pages that did not necessarily say buddy icon

GifCities AIM Icon Small Mixed-Size Search (gifcities-aim-icon-small-mixed)

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
search-selected small and near-square GeoCities AIM icon candidates beyond pages that explicitly said buddy icon

GifCities Instant Messenger Icon Small Mixed-Size Search (gifcities-instant-messenger-icon-small-mixed)

Kind
static-gallery
Era
GeoCities Instant-Messenger Personal Web Cross-Section
Type
Internet Archive GifCities search result
Category
search / gifcities
Title
GifCities
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 17:31 UTC
Rights
mixed GeoCities user material; research/reference only by default
Slice
search-selected small and near-square GeoCities instant-messenger icon candidates that may not mention AIM or AOL directly

GifCities IM Icon Small Mixed-Size Search (gifcities-im-icon-small-mixed)

Kind
static-gallery
Era
GeoCities Instant-Messenger Personal Web Cross-Section
Type
Internet Archive GifCities search result
Category
search / gifcities
Title
GifCities
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 17:32 UTC
Rights
mixed GeoCities user material; research/reference only by default
Slice
search-selected small and near-square GeoCities IM icon candidates with terse period wording