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Pixelated text repeats 'im the girl with a plastic smile and real tears' across two , each ending in a red star symbol

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Pixelated text repeats 'im the girl with a plastic smile and real tears' across two , each ending in a red star symbol

Pixelated text repeats 'im the girl with a plastic smile and real tears' across two , each ending in a red star symbol. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fra…

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  • girl with a
  • plastic smil
  • and real
  • tears

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200802011607161499980883
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:12 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
389 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/13/13c3afcface1f1cef18ec8010a215a85a66b0d3f9312918292ce79aec0738ead.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
13c3afcface1f1ce
SHA-256
13c3afcface1f1cef18ec8010a215a85a66b0d3f9312918292ce79aec0738ead
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Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
200802011607161499980883
Archive entry
200802011607161499980883.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:12 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200802011607161499980883.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200802011607161499980883.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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