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Pixelated text repeats 'you build me up and tear me down' with pink stars on black background, animated star count increases across frames.

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Pixelated text repeats 'you build me up and tear me down' with pink stars on black background, animated star count increases across frames.

Pixelated text repeats 'you build me up and tear me down' with pink stars on black background, animated star count increases across frames. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from…

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  • you build you build you build me up anone up anone up and
  • tear me down
  • you build you build you build me up anone up and
  • you build you build me up anone up and

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20070928220303344902231
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:48 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.1 KB
Motion
Animated (8 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/c0/c042288e45445a14c9857b6022b23339b613d6e8e1a3dccaccce456c560abe81.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
c042288e45445a14
SHA-256
c042288e45445a14c9857b6022b23339b613d6e8e1a3dccaccce456c560abe81
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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
20070928220303344902231
Archive entry
20070928220303344902231.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:48 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#20070928220303344902231.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070928220303344902231.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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