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Pixelated image with four quadrants: purple background with 'STARS', yellow-haired anime character with 'ARE', dark blue background with 'Cool!', and empty gray space.

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Pixelated image with four quadrants: purple background with 'STARS', yellow-haired anime character with 'ARE', dark blue background with 'Cool!', and empty gray space.

Pixelated image with four quadrants: purple background with 'STARS', yellow-haired anime character with 'ARE', dark blue background with 'Cool!', and empty gray space. Animated 50…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Style

  • text overlay

Subjects

  • anime character
  • star

Visible Text

  • STARS
  • ARE
  • Cool!

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090701183939795367545
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:00 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
3.5 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/37/3767a9cf16aecf74b902e18578c3f9ff5011f460ab40430ef7a97730e82ffaa9.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
3767a9cf16aecf74
SHA-256
3767a9cf16aecf74b902e18578c3f9ff5011f460ab40430ef7a97730e82ffaa9
Full source records (1)

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
20090701183939795367545
Archive entry
20090701183939795367545.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:00 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#20090701183939795367545.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090701183939795367545.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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