Animated contact sheet of 12 frames showing yellow stick figures playing ping pong with white balls on a gray background, each frame labeled "Play Pong" below the action.

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Animated contact sheet of 12 frames showing yellow stick figures playing ping pong with white balls on a gray background, each frame labeled "Play Pong" below the action.

Animated contact sheet of 12 frames showing yellow stick figures playing ping pong with white balls on a gray background, each frame labeled "Play Pong" below the action. Animated…

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Animation

  • frame 0: figures standing apart with balls nearby
  • frame 1: figures moving toward each other
  • frame 2: figures closer together
  • frame 3: figures in motion contact
  • frame 4: ball near left figure
  • frame 5: ball between figures
  • frame 6: ball near right figure
  • frame 7: figures returning to starting positions
  • frame 8: figures standing apart again
  • frame 9: figures moving toward each other
  • frame 10: figures closer together
  • frame 11: figures in motion contact

Animation Summary

12-frame pixelated animation showing yellow stick figures playing ping pong with white balls, progressing through positions from standing apart to hitting the ball in a 4x3 contact sheet layout

Composition

  • 4x3 grid layout
  • uniform background
  • text below action

Dense Caption

The image displays a 4x3 grid of animated frames featuring pixelated yellow stick figures engaged in ping pong gameplay against a solid gray background. Each frame contains two yellow stick figures (one facing left, one right) and white circular balls, with all text reading "Play Pong" beneath the action. The animation sequence shows progressive movement: initial positions have figures standing apart with balls nearby; mid-frames show figures in motion toward each other; later frames depict close contact as if hitting the ball. Stick figures maintain consistent yellow coloration with black outlines and simple rectangular bodies/limbs, while white balls appear solid without shading. The gray background is uniform across all frames, indicating transparency or a neutral display context. Each frame's text "Play Pong" uses a pixelated font with an underscore before "Play," suggesting this was designed for early internet interfaces where space constraints required compact labeling. Frame-to-frame changes focus on stick figure positioning and ball location rather than facial features or additional props.

Description

Animated contact sheet of 12 frames showing yellow stick figures playing ping pong with white balls on a gray background, each frame labeled "Play Pong" below the action.

Identity Hypotheses

  • play pong buddy | basis both | confidence high | evidence: exact text matches visible label and source hint

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

"badass buddy icons" is not visually supported by the simple, non-"badass" design; no explicit "buddy" branding beyond generic status icon context

Metadata Only Entities

  • badass buddy icons

Metadata Supported By Image

  • "play pong" text matches exact visible label
  • pixelated style consistent with early internet graphics
  • yellow stick figures match visual content

Named Entities

  • Play Pong

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • yellow stick figure ping pong animation
  • play pong text buddy icon
  • pixelated 8-bit ping pong game
  • 4x3 contact sheet play pong frames
  • gray background yellow stick figures

Objects

  • text label

Preprocessing Notes

  • contact sheet layout 4x3
  • sampled frame count 12
  • source frame count 12
  • gray transparency background visible across all frames

Safety Notes

  • non-explicit cartoon-style animation with no nudity or violence

Source Metadata Interpretation

wayback-badassbuddy-gifs suggests nostalgic or retro-themed animation; "play pong buddy icon" implies this was used as a status indicator for playing ping pong in AOL Instant Messenger

Visible Text

  • Play Pong
  • _Play Pong

Visually Supported Entities

  • AOL Instant Messenger
  • ping pong game
  • 8-bit animation style

Wordwall

  • yellow stick figures
  • white ping pong balls
  • gray background
  • play pong text
  • pixelated animation frames
  • 4x3 contact sheet layout
  • two stick figures per frame
  • ball in motion between figures
  • underscore before play text
  • solid white circular balls
  • black outlines on yellow figures
  • frame-to-frame movement progression
  • left-facing stick figure
  • right-facing stick figure
  • ping pong gameplay sequence
  • text below each action
  • pixelated font style
  • gray transparency background

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 7, 2026

Wayback CDX BadassBuddy GIF Captures

Category
badass buddy icons / play pong buddy icon
Era
Early-2000s Mainstream Portal
Observed
July 7, 2026 at 23:59 UTC
Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
96×96 pixels
File size
13.8 KB
Motion
Animated (12 frames)
Added to archive
July 7, 2026
Relative path
icons/55/5585a204029d1bbf0c7d6cb157babe3439a300e2675355013dd58884bd2e2410.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 10, 2026 at 04:03 UTC
Archive ID
5585a204029d1bbf
SHA-256
5585a204029d1bbf0c7d6cb157babe3439a300e2675355013dd58884bd2e2410
Content-safety assessments (2)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 22, 2026 at 13:51 UTC
Run
89
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.089701

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.918619onnx/unsafe0.089701onnx/nsfw0.049352onnx/nsfl0.040349
legacy-enrichmentqwen3-vl:30blegacy-import
Assessed
July 10, 2026 at 07:12 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 12 frames showing yellow stick figures playing ping pong with white balls on a gray background, each frame labeled "Play Pong" below the action.

Reviewed
July 10, 2026 at 07:12 UTC
Run
21
Version
v3
Elapsed
6,060 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,945, response 1,226

Review tags

  • play pong text (text, 1.00)
  • underscore play text (text, 1.00)
  • contact sheet layout (composition, 0.95)
  • pixel art style (style, 0.95)
  • stick figure animation (subject, 0.95)
  • 8 bit animation (animation, 0.90)
  • gray background (color, 0.90)
  • ping pong balls (object, 0.90)

Actions

  • playing ping pong
  • moving toward ball
  • hitting ball
  • standing apart from ball

Animation

  • frame 0: figures standing apart with balls nearby
  • frame 1: figures moving toward each other
  • frame 2: figures closer together
  • frame 3: figures in motion contact
  • frame 4: ball near left figure
  • frame 5: ball between figures
  • frame 6: ball near right figure
  • frame 7: figures returning to starting positions
  • frame 8: figures standing apart again
  • frame 9: figures moving toward each other
  • frame 10: figures closer together
  • frame 11: figures in motion contact

Animation Summary

12-frame pixelated animation showing yellow stick figures playing ping pong with white balls, progressing through positions from standing apart to hitting the ball in a 4x3 contact sheet layout

Colors

  • yellow
  • white
  • gray
  • black

Composition

  • 4x3 grid layout
  • uniform background
  • text below action

Dense Caption

The image displays a 4x3 grid of animated frames featuring pixelated yellow stick figures engaged in ping pong gameplay against a solid gray background. Each frame contains two yellow stick figures (one facing left, one right) and white circular balls, with all text reading "Play Pong" beneath the action. The animation sequence shows progressive movement: initial positions have figures standing apart with balls nearby; mid-frames show figures in motion toward each other; later frames depict close contact as if hitting the ball. Stick figures maintain consistent yellow coloration with black outlines and simple rectangular bodies/limbs, while white balls appear solid without shading. The gray background is uniform across all frames, indicating transparency or a neutral display context. Each frame's text "Play Pong" uses a pixelated font with an underscore before "Play," suggesting this was designed for early internet interfaces where space constraints required compact labeling. Frame-to-frame changes focus on stick figure positioning and ball location rather than facial features or additional props.

Description

Animated contact sheet of 12 frames showing yellow stick figures playing ping pong with white balls on a gray background, each frame labeled "Play Pong" below the action.

Identity Hypotheses

  • play pong buddy | basis both | confidence high | evidence: exact text matches visible label and source hint

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

"badass buddy icons" is not visually supported by the simple, non-"badass" design; no explicit "buddy" branding beyond generic status icon context

Metadata Only Entities

  • badass buddy icons

Metadata Supported By Image

  • "play pong" text matches exact visible label
  • pixelated style consistent with early internet graphics
  • yellow stick figures match visual content

Mood

  • playful
  • simple
  • retro

Named Entities

  • Play Pong

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • yellow stick figure ping pong animation
  • play pong text buddy icon
  • pixelated 8-bit ping pong game
  • 4x3 contact sheet play pong frames
  • gray background yellow stick figures

Objects

  • ping pong ball
  • text label

Preprocessing Notes

  • contact sheet layout 4x3
  • sampled frame count 12
  • source frame count 12
  • gray transparency background visible across all frames

Safety Notes

  • non-explicit cartoon-style animation with no nudity or violence

Source Metadata Interpretation

wayback-badassbuddy-gifs suggests nostalgic or retro-themed animation; "play pong buddy icon" implies this was used as a status indicator for playing ping pong in AOL Instant Messenger

Style

  • pixel art
  • 8-bit animation
  • low-resolution graphics

Subjects

  • yellow stick figures
  • white ping pong balls

Visible Text

  • Play Pong
  • _Play Pong

Visually Supported Entities

  • AOL Instant Messenger
  • ping pong game
  • 8-bit animation style

Wordwall

  • yellow stick figures
  • white ping pong balls
  • gray background
  • play pong text
  • pixelated animation frames
  • 4x3 contact sheet layout
  • two stick figures per frame
  • ball in motion between figures
  • underscore before play text
  • solid white circular balls
  • black outlines on yellow figures
  • frame-to-frame movement progression
  • left-facing stick figure
  • right-facing stick figure
  • ping pong gameplay sequence
  • text below each action
  • pixelated font style
  • gray transparency background
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Full source records (1)

Wayback CDX BadassBuddy GIF Captures (wayback-badassbuddy-gifs)

Kind
wayback-cdx
Era
Early-2000s Mainstream Portal
Type
Wayback historical portal crawl
Category
badass buddy icons / play pong buddy icon
Observed
July 7, 2026 at 23:59 UTC
Rights
mixed copyright; research/reference only by default
Slice
mainstream attitude/humor/brand portal icons