SpongeBob lies?

For the Pictures that Lie assignment, I decided to take the more light-hearted route. All of the pictures in the "Brief History of Photo Fakery" PowerPoint were very serious, so what better way to get un-serious than a cartoon about a sponge that lives in a pineapple? SpongeBob is my favorite cartoon and he loves Krabby Patties. The biggest lie Spongebob could ever tell is that he loves Krabby Doggies instead of Krabby Patties (a.k.a hotdogs instead of hamburgers)! So that is what I did for my assignment. I got a picture of SpongeBob from one of the cartoon's websites holding a Krabby Patty and I found a picture of a cartoon hotdog. I used the magnetic lasso tool and magic wand tool to separate Spongebob and the Krabby Patty. After that, I replaced the hamburger with the hot dog. I changed both the hue, saturation, and brightness to make SpongeBob and the hotdog darker and more vivid. Lastly, I added text with a basic drop shadow and changed the background color. I think my manipulation is harmful if one is unfamiliar with SpongeBob... if this picture was taken literally, the whole premise of the cartoon show would be altered. However, if one is familiar with the show, I would hope they would think it was pretty funny!
The article I found on Academic Search Complete was called "True Lies." The article mentions how "anyone with  a photo-editing program and some training can alter a photograph", and I realized that the author was talking about me! I was able to take new pictures and manipulate them into one that is totally untrue. Before taking this course, I never thought that I could manipulate a picture... and that is the truth!
Citation:

Wickelgren, Ingrid. "TRUE LIES. (Cover story)." Current Science 92.4 (2006): 10-12. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 10 Nov. 2010.