No kidding.
It's one of the reasons I love cartoons. They exaggerate the hell out of everything, often creating sounds to imitate atmosphere or typical environmental noises. Frank Zappa was pretty good at it, and used it extensively on his "Overnight Sensation" and "Apostrophe" albums. Of course, he usually had some orchestrals involved that could pull that sort of thing off effectively. I mean, how many rock bands have glockenspiels and xylophones in the ranks?