This is Rainbow the chameleon. He was also gift from my dad (maybe 2001-ish???); I had seen him at the mall and wished we had gotten him, and then one day after work he came home and was like "I saw your friend Rainbow at the mall, but I turned around and then he was gone- no idea where he went" and dad turned around, and he had put Rainbow's tail through one of his belt loops and I was so amazed and happy 🥰 (my dad wasn't and still isn't a very....gift giving person, and asking him for stuff was/is very difficult- our relationship is a liiiiittle strained, but we talk at least.)
That moment always stuck with me because it was such a sudden gift, and I didn't honestly think he remembered which thing I saw and wished I could get. I also went through a major Beanie Baby phase when I was little lmfao