Animated contact sheet of a red beetle-shaped icon with black pixelated edges, showing sequential frames of motion across three rows and three columns on a white background.

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Animated contact sheet of a red beetle-shaped icon with black pixelated edges, showing sequential frames of motion across three rows and three columns on a white background.

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Animation

  • frame 0: full beetle facing left with all legs visible
  • frame 1: slightly shifted posture, leg positions changed
  • frame 2: more compact position, antennae angle altered
  • frame 3: partial view of beetle on right side
  • frame 4: partial view of beetle on left side
  • frame 5: full beetle facing left but different leg positioning
  • frame 6: similar to frame 0 but with subtle differences
  • frame 7: slightly shifted posture from frame 6

Animation Summary

Eight sequential frames showing a red beetle icon with black pixelated outlines performing simple walking motion across different positions in the frame. The animation demonstrates subtle posture changes including leg positioning variations, antenna angle shifts, and partial cropping of the character in some frames while maintaining consistent color scheme (red shell, black stripes/outline) and overall shape.

Composition

  • 3x3 contact sheet layout
  • sequential frames left-to-right top-to-bottom
  • circular beetle shape centered in frame

Dense Caption

The image displays an animated contact sheet containing eight distinct frames of a small red beetle icon arranged in a 3x3 grid layout. Each frame shows the same stylized red beetle character with black pixelated outlines and segmented body parts, positioned against a plain white background. The beetle has a rounded red shell with two horizontal black stripes, six short legs, and two antennae extending from its head. In each frame, subtle variations in the beetle's posture are visible: some frames show the beetle facing left with slightly different leg positions or antenna angles, while others appear to be cropped versions of the full icon. The animation sequence demonstrates a simple motion cycle where the beetle shifts position across consecutive frames, likely representing walking or movement. The pixelated rendering style is characteristic of early digital graphics from the late 1990s/early 2000s, with visible dithering and anti-aliasing artifacts around the edges. Each frame maintains consistent coloration: bright red for the shell, black for outlines and stripes, and white highlights on the shell surface. The contact sheet itself is displayed as a static image containing multiple animation frames rather than an active GIF.

Description

Animated contact sheet of a red beetle-shaped icon with black pixelated edges, showing sequential frames of motion across three rows and three columns on a white background.

Identity Hypotheses

  • Coolbuddy | basis both | confidence high | evidence: visible 'Coolbuddy' text and beetle character design matches early AOL IM branding

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • source hints mention 'alt: ico_beetle', but no explicit branding beyond 'Coolbuddy' text is visible on the icon itself
  • category hint specifies 'ico beetle' which aligns with visual content, but this isn't confirmed by any specific logo or brand mark other than the name in text

Metadata Supported By Image

  • text visible in image reads 'Coolbuddy'
  • beetle shape matches animal category
  • pixel art style consistent with early internet icons

Named Entities

  • Coolbuddy

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • red beetle coolbuddy animation
  • coolbuddy pixel art mascot
  • 48x48 red insect icon
  • aol im animated contact sheet
  • beetle walking motion gif frame
  • coolbuddy text logo bug
  • early internet digital graphics
  • stencil style insect avatar
  • pixelated red bug animation

Preprocessing Notes

  • contact sheet contains 8 sampled frames (3x3 layout)
  • sourceFrameCount indicates total animation frames may be higher than visible sample
  • white background represents transparency in original icon
  • reviewImagePixels show contact sheet arrangement of multiple animation frames

Safety Notes

  • non-explicit cartoon beetle icon with no visible nudity or sexual content

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • non-authoritative source hints suggest 'wayback-coolbuddy-gifs' and 'ico_beetle', indicating this is likely a Coolbuddy mascot character from AOL Instant Messenger archives with possible alternative name 'ico_beetle'
  • category hint 'icon / animals / ico beetle' suggests the icon represents an insect character

Visible Text

  • Coolbuddy

Visually Supported Entities

  • Coolbuddy mascot character

Wordwall

  • red beetle icon
  • black pixelated outline
  • segmented body parts
  • six short legs
  • two antennae
  • horizontal black stripes
  • white background
  • pixelated rendering
  • dithering artifacts
  • anti-aliasing edges
  • bright red shell
  • white highlights on shell
  • sequential motion frames
  • left-facing posture
  • slightly different leg positions
  • antenna angle variations
  • circular beetle shape
  • stencil-style animation
  • early digital graphics
  • 48x48 pixel icon
  • animation contact sheet
  • frame-to-frame movement
  • red and black color scheme
  • visible dithering around edges
  • white background transparency

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 8, 2026

Wayback CDX CoolBuddy.com Icon GIF Captures

Source title
ico_beetle
Category
icon / animals / ico beetle
Era
Mid-2000s Mega Gallery
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 00:41 UTC

Prospect Wayback expansion coolbuddy.com

Source title
ico_beetle
Category
icon / animals
Observed
July 26, 2026 at 10:53 UTC
Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.8 KB
Motion
Animated (8 frames)
Added to archive
July 8, 2026
Relative path
icons/80/8096f53fded28eeb210f0b57bd0aa4e805956e3909cc4397cd4043f146d517d2.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 10, 2026 at 04:04 UTC
Archive ID
8096f53fded28eeb
SHA-256
8096f53fded28eeb210f0b57bd0aa4e805956e3909cc4397cd4043f146d517d2
Content-safety assessments (2)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 06:13 UTC
Run
106
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.116841

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.911554onnx/unsafe0.116841onnx/nsfw0.076912onnx/nsfl0.039928
legacy-enrichmentqwen3-vl:30blegacy-import
Assessed
July 10, 2026 at 11:58 UTC
Run
21
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

Animated contact sheet of a red beetle-shaped icon with black pixelated edges, showing sequential frames of motion across three rows and three columns on a white background.

Reviewed
July 10, 2026 at 11:58 UTC
Run
21
Version
v3
Elapsed
9,985 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,933, response 1,602

Review tags

  • 48x48 pixel icon (size, 0.95)
  • black pixelated outline (style, 0.95)
  • early digital graphics (style, 0.95)
  • pixel art style (style, 0.95)
  • white background transparency (style, 0.95)
  • horizontal black stripes (subject, 0.95)
  • red beetle icon (subject, 0.95)
  • coolbuddy text (text, 0.95)
  • six short legs (subject, 0.90)
  • two antennae (subject, 0.90)
  • stencil style animation (animation, 0.85)
  • walking motion cycle (animation, 0.85)

Actions

  • motion cycle
  • walking movement
  • posture shift

Animation

  • frame 0: full beetle facing left with all legs visible
  • frame 1: slightly shifted posture, leg positions changed
  • frame 2: more compact position, antennae angle altered
  • frame 3: partial view of beetle on right side
  • frame 4: partial view of beetle on left side
  • frame 5: full beetle facing left but different leg positioning
  • frame 6: similar to frame 0 but with subtle differences
  • frame 7: slightly shifted posture from frame 6

Animation Summary

Eight sequential frames showing a red beetle icon with black pixelated outlines performing simple walking motion across different positions in the frame. The animation demonstrates subtle posture changes including leg positioning variations, antenna angle shifts, and partial cropping of the character in some frames while maintaining consistent color scheme (red shell, black stripes/outline) and overall shape.

Colors

  • red
  • black
  • white

Composition

  • 3x3 contact sheet layout
  • sequential frames left-to-right top-to-bottom
  • circular beetle shape centered in frame

Dense Caption

The image displays an animated contact sheet containing eight distinct frames of a small red beetle icon arranged in a 3x3 grid layout. Each frame shows the same stylized red beetle character with black pixelated outlines and segmented body parts, positioned against a plain white background. The beetle has a rounded red shell with two horizontal black stripes, six short legs, and two antennae extending from its head. In each frame, subtle variations in the beetle's posture are visible: some frames show the beetle facing left with slightly different leg positions or antenna angles, while others appear to be cropped versions of the full icon. The animation sequence demonstrates a simple motion cycle where the beetle shifts position across consecutive frames, likely representing walking or movement. The pixelated rendering style is characteristic of early digital graphics from the late 1990s/early 2000s, with visible dithering and anti-aliasing artifacts around the edges. Each frame maintains consistent coloration: bright red for the shell, black for outlines and stripes, and white highlights on the shell surface. The contact sheet itself is displayed as a static image containing multiple animation frames rather than an active GIF.

Description

Animated contact sheet of a red beetle-shaped icon with black pixelated edges, showing sequential frames of motion across three rows and three columns on a white background.

Identity Hypotheses

  • Coolbuddy | basis both | confidence high | evidence: visible 'Coolbuddy' text and beetle character design matches early AOL IM branding

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • source hints mention 'alt: ico_beetle', but no explicit branding beyond 'Coolbuddy' text is visible on the icon itself
  • category hint specifies 'ico beetle' which aligns with visual content, but this isn't confirmed by any specific logo or brand mark other than the name in text

Metadata Supported By Image

  • text visible in image reads 'Coolbuddy'
  • beetle shape matches animal category
  • pixel art style consistent with early internet icons

Mood

  • playful
  • cartoonish

Named Entities

  • Coolbuddy

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • red beetle coolbuddy animation
  • coolbuddy pixel art mascot
  • 48x48 red insect icon
  • aol im animated contact sheet
  • beetle walking motion gif frame
  • coolbuddy text logo bug
  • early internet digital graphics
  • stencil style insect avatar
  • pixelated red bug animation

Objects

  • horizontal black stripes on shell
  • antennae
  • legs

Preprocessing Notes

  • contact sheet contains 8 sampled frames (3x3 layout)
  • sourceFrameCount indicates total animation frames may be higher than visible sample
  • white background represents transparency in original icon
  • reviewImagePixels show contact sheet arrangement of multiple animation frames

Safety Notes

  • non-explicit cartoon beetle icon with no visible nudity or sexual content

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • non-authoritative source hints suggest 'wayback-coolbuddy-gifs' and 'ico_beetle', indicating this is likely a Coolbuddy mascot character from AOL Instant Messenger archives with possible alternative name 'ico_beetle'
  • category hint 'icon / animals / ico beetle' suggests the icon represents an insect character

Style

  • pixel art
  • stencil style
  • early digital graphics

Subjects

  • beetle character

Visible Text

  • Coolbuddy

Visually Supported Entities

  • Coolbuddy mascot character

Wordwall

  • red beetle icon
  • black pixelated outline
  • segmented body parts
  • six short legs
  • two antennae
  • horizontal black stripes
  • white background
  • pixelated rendering
  • dithering artifacts
  • anti-aliasing edges
  • bright red shell
  • white highlights on shell
  • sequential motion frames
  • left-facing posture
  • slightly different leg positions
  • antenna angle variations
  • circular beetle shape
  • stencil-style animation
  • early digital graphics
  • 48x48 pixel icon
  • animation contact sheet
  • frame-to-frame movement
  • red and black color scheme
  • visible dithering around edges
  • white background transparency
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Full source records (2)

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 / animals / ico beetle
Alt
ico_beetle
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 00:41 UTC
Rights
mixed copyright; research/reference only by default
Slice
large category portal with broad AIM and messenger icon coverage