Yes.
Many of these are inspired by real events, sometimes there is exaggeration, but there is usually something that the caricature ´s creator never tried, it was only a product from his imagination, apparently it should not happen, it ends up working after doing the test.
This question reminded me the myths busters program in which they made a special about the simpsons in which they try to verify the myth that bart puts a cherry bomb in the drain and a teacher goes flying from the toilet.
The conclusion is that the basis of the idea is real, but a greater explosive charge was needed to achieve the caricature.'s effect.