Permanent icon record
A 4x4 contact sheet of a Halo 2 animated buddy icon showing progressive text and character reveal across 16 frames, with green pixelated text on white background transitioning to a purple-armored Spartan in the final frames.
A 4x4 contact sheet of a Halo 2 animated buddy icon showing progressive text and character reveal across 16 frames, with green pixelated text on white background transitioning to…
Source & archive date
- Added to archive
- July 8, 2026
Wayback CDX CoolBuddy.com Icon GIF Captures
- Source title
- halo2
- Category
- icon / iconupload / buddypics / halo2
- Era
- Mid-2000s Mega Gallery
- Observed
- July 8, 2026 at 01:38 UTC
Technical archive details
- Format
- GIF
- Dimensions
- 48×48 pixels
- File size
- 5.4 KB
- Motion
- Animated (16 frames)
- Added to archive
- July 8, 2026
- Relative path
- icons/26/2655a84a1568d67940dd4c4af5c982f0db0c5e278491f2eeb4ad521dfb728315.gif
- Media type
- image/gif
- Scanner metadata
- v1
- Animation inspected
- July 10, 2026 at 04:06 UTC
- Archive ID
- 2655a84a1568d679
- SHA-256
- 2655a84a1568d67940dd4c4af5c982f0db0c5e278491f2eeb4ad521dfb728315
Content-safety assessments (3)
- Assessed
- July 21, 2026 at 09:07 UTC
- Run
- 72
- Input
- image+text
- Preprocessing
- contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
- Overall label
- not-flagged
- Overall score
- 0.000515
OpenAI category scores
Qwen scheduling evidence
Evidence strength is retained for queueing and audit. It does not set the public content-safety verdict.
- Assessed
- July 21, 2026 at 01:01 UTC
- Run
- 70
- Input
- image
- Preprocessing
- four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
- Overall label
- sfw
- Overall score
- 0.631064
OpenAI category scores
- Assessed
- July 11, 2026 at 10:10 UTC
- Run
- 27
- Input
- image
- Preprocessing
- contact-sheet-smart
- Overall label
- safe
- Overall score
- 0.950000
OpenAI category scores
Enrichment records (1)
A 4x4 contact sheet of a Halo 2 animated buddy icon showing progressive text and character reveal across 16 frames, with green pixelated text on white background transitioning to a purple-armored Spartan in the final frames.
- Reviewed
- July 11, 2026 at 10:10 UTC
- Run
- 27
- Version
- v3
- Elapsed
- 18,142 ms
- Tokens
- prompt 2,958, response 1,333
Review tags
- white background (color, 0.95)
- halo 2 spartan (subject, 0.95)
- green pixel font (color, 0.90)
- pixelated text animation (style, 0.90)
- gaming reference (subject, 0.90)
- hexagonal transition (animation, 0.85)
- aol im buddy icon (medium, 0.85)
- text animation (style, 0.85)
- pink fun frame (text, 0.75)
Actions
- text remains static except color change
- character gradually resolves from shape to full figure
Animation
- text remains static except 'FUN' color change between frames 1-3
- small hexagon appears frame 5
- hexagon grows larger through frames 6-8
- partial character head visible frame 9
- full character revealed frame 10-16
Animation Summary
- Progressive animation from static text to full character reveal through hexagonal transition effect
Colors
- green
- white
- pink
- purple
- brown
Composition
- centered text in early frames
- central hexagonal transition area
- character fully visible in final frames
Dense Caption
The image is a 4x4 contact sheet displaying all 16 sampled frames of an AOL Instant Messenger buddy icon animation. The first eight frames show static green pixelated text reading "I DONT GET WHATS SO FUN ABOUT..." on white background, with frame 2 and 3 having pink-colored 'FUN' text. Frames 5-8 introduce a small purple-and-brown hexagonal shape in the center of the text. Frame 9 shows this shape enlarged to reveal a partial character head wearing purple armor. By frames 10-16, the character fully resolves into a Halo 2 Spartan with purple and brown armor, holding what appears to be a weapon or device. The animation progresses from plain text to full character reveal through increasing detail in the central hexagonal area. All frames maintain consistent green pixelated font for the text except frame 3 which has pink 'FUN'. The background is white throughout all frames, with no visible transparency effects as this is a contact sheet rendering.
Description
A 4x4 contact sheet of a Halo 2 animated buddy icon showing progressive text and character reveal across 16 frames, with green pixelated text on white background transitioning to a purple-armored Spartan in the final frames.
Fandoms
- Halo video game franchise | basis visible|both
Identity Hypotheses
Halo 2 Spartan | basis both | confidence high | evidence: purple/brown armor matches Halo 2 character designs, pixelated style consistent with early gaming icons
Metadata Not Confirmed By Image
- source hints don't confirm specific character identity beyond general Halo 2 fandom
- no explicit 'Halo 2' text visible in any frame
Metadata Only Entities
- halo2 icon name
- buddypics category
Metadata Supported By Image
- Halo 2 character design matches known Spartan armor colors (purple/brown)
- text style consistent with early internet messaging culture
- pixelated font matches AOL IM era aesthetics
Mood
- playful
- nostalgic
- gaming reference
Non Redundant Search Phrases
- Halo 2 Spartan text animation
- green pixelated text buddy icon
- 4x4 contact sheet Halo 2 animation
- I DONT GET WHATS SO FUN ABOUT text
- pink FUN frame
- hexagonal character transition
- purple armored Halo 2 icon
- AOL IM gaming buddy icon
Objects
- purple and brown armor
- weapon or device held by character
Preprocessing Notes
- 4x4 contact sheet layout showing all sampled frames
- white background with no transparency effects
- frame count: 16 sampled frames from source animation
Safety Notes
- text contains no explicit content or sexual references
- character is cartoonish gaming figure with no nudity or violence
Source Metadata Interpretation
- source hints suggest Halo 2 fandom and icon type, but do not specify the exact character or text content
Style
- pixel art
- 8-bit animation
- AOL IM buddy icon style
Subjects
- Halo 2 Spartan character
- green pixelated text
Visible Text
- I DONT GET WHATS SO FUN ABOUT...
Visually Supported Entities
- Halo 2 franchise
- Spartan armor design
Wordwall
- green pixelated text
- white background
- "I DONT GET WHATS SO FUN ABOUT..." text
- pink "FUN" in some frames
- hexagonal shape appears center frame 5
- small purple-brown hexagon grows larger
- purple armored character head visible frame 9
- full Spartan armor revealed frame 10-16
- brown and purple armor colors
- Halo 2 character design
- pixelated font style
- text remains static except "FUN" color change
- character gradually resolves from shape to full figure
- hexagonal transition effect
- green text on white background
- frame-by-frame animation sequence
- 4x4 contact sheet layout
- static text before character reveal
- armor details visible in final frames
- character holding weapon or device
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Full source records (1)
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 / iconupload / buddypics / halo2
- Alt
- halo2
- Observed
- July 8, 2026 at 01:38 UTC
- Rights
- mixed copyright; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- large category portal with broad AIM and messenger icon coverage
Original: http://www.coolbuddy.com/icon/iconupload/buddypics/halo2.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20201231045257id_/http://www.coolbuddy.com/icon/iconupload/buddypics/halo2.gif