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Pixelated pink starfish character with wide eyes and open mouth, wearing yellow shorts with purple accents, arms raised against white background.

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Pixelated pink starfish character with wide eyes and open mouth, wearing yellow shorts with purple accents, arms raised against white background.

Pixelated pink starfish character with wide eyes and open mouth, wearing yellow shorts with purple accents, arms raised against white background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Actions

  • mouth open

Style

  • dithering

Visible Text

  • i m fat!
  • i m cool!
  • i m patrick!

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200708171125311016882998
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:39 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/ea/eab07f39c5114f144a5fdc800081430433ffaa6d6efd6909a299d2217f2108ea.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
eab07f39c5114f14
SHA-256
eab07f39c5114f144a5fdc800081430433ffaa6d6efd6909a299d2217f2108ea
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
200708171125311016882998
Archive entry
200708171125311016882998.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:39 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#200708171125311016882998.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200708171125311016882998.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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