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Pixelated pink starfish character with wide eyes and open mouth, wearing yellow shorts with purple accents on white background next to cyan text blocks.

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Pixelated pink starfish character with wide eyes and open mouth, wearing yellow shorts with purple accents on white background next to cyan text blocks.

Pixelated pink starfish character with wide eyes and open mouth, wearing yellow shorts with purple accents on white background next to cyan text blocks. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM bud…

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  • you wish you could
  • hug o...
  • STAR!!! <3

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080210153508504570701
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:14 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.5 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/af/afdbc2a04ff97af6d9143f56da0e1ced974d97c50db241f7cd9f85ec6339cfa7.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
afdbc2a04ff97af6
SHA-256
afdbc2a04ff97af6d9143f56da0e1ced974d97c50db241f7cd9f85ec6339cfa7
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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
20080210153508504570701
Archive entry
20080210153508504570701.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:14 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#20080210153508504570701.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080210153508504570701.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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