Why is Eggman comedically incompetent, but also smart enough to take over the world multiple times?

[GratsTheat783]

Every interaction shows him being this cocky fool, but he's apparently smart enough to create and recreate armies of soldiers to take over the world over and over again. How is this possible?

 

[Gay Joker]

He just buys them off the internet, he doesn't actually invent anything.

 

[clara red bottoms]

His "enemy" is an animal in sneakers. Maybe he just seems incredibly intelligent to lil furballs

 

[The Mighty Banth]

He runs on Roger Rabbit logic, it only works when it's funny.

 

[I AM RETARDED!]

To be honest I thought he was good example of failing your way up, it just seems like he gets extremely lucky for most part

 

[Cat tit bingo]

Niggas smart enough to make robots but uses animals that he gives heightened consciousness to instead of just using batteries and some programing, dudes just fucking nuts.
If only he could construct a robot that doesn't explode when a rodent lightly jumps on it.