Permanent icon record
Yellow pixelated character with black spots and white eyes in multiple poses, including a speech bubble reading "NAHMAH!" and repeated text "The Cheat" below each frame.
Yellow pixelated character with black spots and white eyes in multiple poses, including a speech bubble reading "NAHMAH!" and repeated text "The Cheat" below each frame. Animated…
Source & archive date
- Added to archive
- July 12, 2026
Hmmnd0 Historical AIM Buddy Icon Repository
- Source title
- thecheat
- Category
- Badass Buddy/Holiday
- Era
- Early-2000s Multi-Gallery Archive
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 13:48 UTC
Wayback BadassBuddy Beta3 Image GIF Assets
- Source title
- badassbuddy_com-thecheat
- Category
- images / buddies
- Era
- Mid-2000s BadassBuddy Beta Portal
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 17:07 UTC
Wayback BadassBuddy IMG Buddy GIF Assets
- Source title
- badassbuddy_com-thecheat
- Category
- buddies
- Era
- Mid-2000s Mainstream Portal
- Observed
- July 13, 2026 at 04:30 UTC
Prospect Wayback page replay www.badassbuddy.com
- Source title
- . buddy icons that dont suck . [BadassBuddy.com] . dig it .
- Category
- checkicon phtml
- Observed
- August 20, 2026 at 01:22 UTC
Technical archive details
- Format
- GIF
- Dimensions
- 48×48 pixels
- File size
- 3.9 KB
- Motion
- Animated (12 frames)
- Added to archive
- July 12, 2026
- Relative path
- icons/03/039bb53f4bfc57064f4973fbcf1aa5fcc404aeeb29e544282d21b9af4cfdfefc.gif
- Media type
- image/gif
- Archive ID
- 039bb53f4bfc5706
- SHA-256
- 039bb53f4bfc57064f4973fbcf1aa5fcc404aeeb29e544282d21b9af4cfdfefc
Full source records (4)
Hmmnd0 Historical AIM Buddy Icon Repository (github-hmmnd0-historical-buddy-icon-repository)
- Kind
- local-directory
- Era
- Early-2000s Multi-Gallery Archive
- Type
- public Git mirror containing four organized historical AIM buddy-icon site collections
- Category
- Badass Buddy/Holiday
- Title
- thecheat
- Archive entry
- Badass Buddy/Holiday/thecheat.gif
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 13:48 UTC
- Rights
- mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- cross-sectional archive of Badass Buddy, CoolBuddy, dollbuddieicons, and IconHell collections spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, holidays, sports, relationships, pride, dolls, and internet culture
Original: https://www.badassbuddy.com/#Badass%20Buddy%2FHoliday%2Fthecheat.gif Download: https://www.badassbuddy.com/#Badass%20Buddy%2FHoliday%2Fthecheat.gif Page: https://github.com/Hmmnd0/buddy-icon-repository
Wayback BadassBuddy Beta3 Image GIF Assets (wayback-badassbuddy-beta3-images-gifs)
- Kind
- wayback-cdx
- Era
- Mid-2000s BadassBuddy Beta Portal
- Type
- Wayback direct native asset enumeration
- Category
- images / buddies
- Alt
- badassbuddy_com-thecheat
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 17:07 UTC
- Rights
- mixed user-submitted and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- BadassBuddy beta-site image tree with portal-era humor, fandom, and identity graphics
Original: http://beta3.badassbuddy.com/images/buddies/badassbuddy_com-thecheat.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20040915085032id_/http://beta3.badassbuddy.com/images/buddies/badassbuddy_com-thecheat.gif
Wayback BadassBuddy IMG Buddy GIF Assets (wayback-badassbuddy-img-buddies-gifs)
- Kind
- wayback-cdx
- Era
- Mid-2000s Mainstream Portal
- Type
- Wayback direct native asset enumeration
- Category
- buddies
- Alt
- badassbuddy_com-thecheat
- Observed
- July 13, 2026 at 04:30 UTC
- Rights
- mixed user-submitted and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- BadassBuddy dedicated image host's native buddy-icon tree
Original: http://img.badassbuddy.com/buddies/badassbuddy_com-thecheat.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20060512115852id_/http://img.badassbuddy.com:80/buddies/badassbuddy_com-thecheat.gif
Prospect Wayback page replay www.badassbuddy.com (horizon-wayback-www-badassbuddy-com-711bf6dad7f8)
- Kind
- wayback-page-cdx
- Type
- prospect-queue-wayback-expansion
- Category
- checkicon phtml
- Title
- . buddy icons that dont suck . [BadassBuddy.com] . dig it .
- Alt
- The Cheat
- Observed
- August 20, 2026 at 01:22 UTC
- Rights
- Unreviewed archived prospect; preserve capture provenance and review rights before redistribution.
Original: http://beta3.badassbuddy.com:8081/images/buddies/badassbuddy_com-thecheat.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20030720165529id_/http://beta3.badassbuddy.com:8081/images/buddies/badassbuddy_com-thecheat.gif Page: https://web.archive.org/web/20030720165529id_/http://www.badassbuddy.com:80/checkicon.phtml?icon=1263