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Pixelated pink starfish character with wide eyes and open mouth, wearing yellow shorts with blue accents on white background.

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Pixelated pink starfish character with wide eyes and open mouth, wearing yellow shorts with blue accents on white background.

Pixelated pink starfish character with wide eyes and open mouth, wearing yellow shorts with blue accents on white background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archi…

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080928155440119926951
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.1 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/b9/b9716c13a421ff6137c91912b6ed91a9ec9f042d39b006e2d61171acace51f58.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
b9716c13a421ff61
SHA-256
b9716c13a421ff6137c91912b6ed91a9ec9f042d39b006e2d61171acace51f58
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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
20080928155440119926951
Archive entry
20080928155440119926951.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 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#20080928155440119926951.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080928155440119926951.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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