Explosive graphics?!?

In regards to wasting a tile by leaving it blank and small sprites, would it be possible to do whatever funky stuff the game normally does with sprites like letters, flowers, etc?

I admit I have no clue what it does but I know in the LE for the 4ton weight, the majority of the sprite shows up as 97 (I think) but split in half and the halves facing opposite. Two bits later the completed image is on sprite 95 and displays proper.

Moral of the story? Yes thats npc sprites I reference, but is it possible to use that one "wasted" mentioned tile for something else? Or would that require quantum mechanical hacking?