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Red background with white pixelated text reading 'paul you broke my heart <3' and a black pixelated heart symbol above the text.

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Red background with white pixelated text reading 'paul you broke my heart <3' and a black pixelated heart symbol above the text.

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Composition

  • centered text
  • heart symbol above text
  • solid background

Dense Caption

Red background with white pixelated text arranged in five lines: 'paul' on first line, 'you' on second, 'broke' on third, 'my' on fourth, 'heart </3' on fifth. A black pixelated heart symbol is positioned above the text. The text and symbol are static. The text uses a blocky, retro digital font. The heart symbol is a simple outline with a small gap at the top. The background is solid red. The text and symbol are centered horizontally. The text is left-aligned within the center. The heart symbol is centered above the text. The text is in lowercase except for 'paul' which is lowercase with a capital 'P'. The text is in lowercase except for 'paul' which is lowercase with a capital 'P'. The text is in lowercase except for 'paul' which is lowercase with a capital 'P'.

Description

  • Red background with white pixelated text reading 'paul you broke my heart <3' and a black pixelated heart symbol above the text.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: historical-archive

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 200905021554481549660118
  • Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • red background white text heart symbol
  • paul you broke my heart </3
  • pixelated heart symbol
  • retro digital text
  • blocky font red background
  • heart symbol gap top
  • centered text black heart
  • white text red background

Objects

  • heart symbol

Subjects

  • heart symbol

Visible Text

  • paul
  • you
  • broke
  • my
  • heart </3

Wordwall

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  • black pixelated heart
  • text: paul you broke my heart </3
  • blocky retro font
  • centered text
  • left-aligned text
  • heart symbol above text
  • solid red background
  • lowercase text with capital P
  • heart symbol has gap at top

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200905021554481549660118
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:57 UTC

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GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
279 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:57 UTC
Archive ID
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SHA-256
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 20:07 UTC
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1140
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Red background with white pixelated text reading 'paul you broke my heart <3' and a black pixelated heart symbol above the text.

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 08:35 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
10,358 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,144, response 867

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  • red
  • white
  • black

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  • centered text
  • heart symbol above text
  • solid background

Dense Caption

Red background with white pixelated text arranged in five lines: 'paul' on first line, 'you' on second, 'broke' on third, 'my' on fourth, 'heart </3' on fifth. A black pixelated heart symbol is positioned above the text. The text and symbol are static. The text uses a blocky, retro digital font. The heart symbol is a simple outline with a small gap at the top. The background is solid red. The text and symbol are centered horizontally. The text is left-aligned within the center. The heart symbol is centered above the text. The text is in lowercase except for 'paul' which is lowercase with a capital 'P'. The text is in lowercase except for 'paul' which is lowercase with a capital 'P'. The text is in lowercase except for 'paul' which is lowercase with a capital 'P'.

Description

  • Red background with white pixelated text reading 'paul you broke my heart <3' and a black pixelated heart symbol above the text.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
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  • 2007-2016
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  • 200905021554481549660118
  • Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

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  • solid red background
  • lowercase text with capital P
  • heart symbol has gap at top
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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
200905021554481549660118
Archive entry
200905021554481549660118.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:57 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#200905021554481549660118.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200905021554481549660118.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016