The GIFs in the puzzle come in pairs, one portraying a word with a hard G sound and the other portraying a corresponding word where the word has a soft G or J sound. These reflect the disagreement in the pronunciation of “GIF” itself. Find all twenty-seven pairs and, as the flavortext hints, find the difference in frame count between the two GIFs. The GIFs are displayed in order by frame count as an aid. Which pronunciation of “GIF” you use is up to you and the puzzle does not judge you for it either way, but the GIF ordering is based on the hard G sound because the directly extracted message uses the hard G. The hard G GIFs have frame counts from 10 to 36 without gaps or repetition. They are the ordering of the pairs. The soft G GIFs do not share this property.

	Hard G	Frame Count	Difference	Frame Count	Soft G
	ghoul (from Ghouls)	10	7 (G)	17	jewel
	Gherkin	11	21 (U)	32	jerkin
	gaze	12	18 (R)	30	jays
	goose	13	14 (N)	27	juice
	gears	14	5 (E)	19	jeers
	egg	15	25 (Y)	40	edge
	brig	16	20 (T)	36	bridge
	ghost	17	15 (O)	32	Jost
	Kagan	18	20 (T)	38	Cajun (a ULL Ragin’ Cajun)
	gauze	19	8 (H)	27	Jaws
	conger	20	5 (E)	25	conjure
	MiG	21	3 (C)	24	midge
	guinea	22	5 (E)	27	Ginny
	Gale	23	14 (N)	37	jail
	rig	24	20 (T)	44	ridge
	Bergen	25	5 (E)	30	burgeon
	Gump	26	18 (R)	44	jump
	goalie	27	15 (O)	42	Jolie
	Gumbel	28	6 (F)	34	jumble
	slug	29	20 (T)	49	sludge
	Reagan	30	8 (H)	38	ragin’ (a ULL Ragin’ Cajun)
	lung	31	5 (E)	36	lunge
	gain	32	5 (E)	37	Jane
	go	33	1 (A)	34	Joe
	pug	34	18 (R)	52	Pudge
	guilt	35	20 (T)	55	jilt
	bagger	36	8 (H)	44	badger

Mapping the difference to letters using A=1, B=2, and so on, the frame count differences spell GURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH. Following the puzzle’s conceit one last time, the corresponding soft G phrase is JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, which is the answer.