Looking for bitmap animation utility in Vista

A bitmap utility in older versions of Windows allowed users to create characters and animations. Is it also in Vista? I can't find it, and can't remember what is was called. All I have found so far is the Private Character Editor, and it's not as cool as the other thing.

Not too sound dumb, your not referring to the character map are you?

No, the Character Map allows you to insert special characters into your documents, such as French accent marks. I think you can also create your own characters with the Private Character Editor and then insert them with the Character Map. But still no animation.