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Dark brown background with yellow text repeating 'Be My Star' and scattered yellow stars, some of which are animated to move across the screen.

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Dark brown background with yellow text repeating 'Be My Star' and scattered yellow stars, some of which are animated to move across the screen.

Dark brown background with yellow text repeating 'Be My Star' and scattered yellow stars, some of which are animated to move across the screen. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon f…

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  • Be My Star

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081123152916728574064
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:44 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
833 bytes
Motion
Animated (11 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/cd/cdce778b05eb5ebc10b59b85c6830664f6cfe1168466cd0502cce13e9772305f.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
cdce778b05eb5ebc
SHA-256
cdce778b05eb5ebc10b59b85c6830664f6cfe1168466cd0502cce13e9772305f
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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
20081123152916728574064
Archive entry
20081123152916728574064.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:44 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#20081123152916728574064.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081123152916728574064.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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