DB > DBZ > cow trout > DBGT
I kid, I kid.GT and cow trout are tied.
Dragon Ball was the best show ever. When DBZ started, it was like watching a completely different show with the same characters. But it was still awesome. And then GT... ugh.
I always loved how from the beginning of the series you knew Gohan had some kind of freakish monster powers, and that point is reinforced over and over again by him beating the crap out off Frieza when he's angry and then beating Cell and becoming the most powerful character on the planet (I doubt spoilers are needed here) and yet when he finally achieves his true power and becomes stronger than both his father and SSJ3 Gotenks he still ends up being fairly useless because he gets his dumb ass absorbed. It was a big "no matter how strong you get, you still have to know what the smurf you're doing" moment.