Mitt Romney holding a pistol sideways at a rally. Sesame Street's Bert and Ernie walking away from an explosion. The Olympics stadium filled with memes.
These are some of the best altered images this year according to Reddit's Photoshop Battles, a place where users take topical, funny, or just plain disturbing images and remix them.
This year's winners were were decided by the number of upvotes (not the total score) an image received on the social news site, wrote moderator thatoneguydunno.
The following are this year's winners:
Posted by FueledByCoffee
Posted by dr_mantis_tobaggan
Best Celebrity/Political Image
Posted by DaminDrexil
Posted by ListenChump
Posted by Daanando
Best Plot Twist/Unexpected/Troll Image
Posted by /t3hTr0n
Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Anime Image
Posted by heavymetalpancakes
Posted by Monkeyknife
Posted by elf_destruct_in_321
Art via heavymetalpancakes/Reddit