Why/How did Dragonball and Dragonball Z become so famous? I love the toon but like how did it?

I don't know, but I used to watch it all the time on Cartoon Network when I was a little kid. :)

Same way as all the others...

Someone read the manga of watched the anime, liked it, recommended it to someone else who liked it and recommended it to someone else who, etc etc

It was very influential. Probably cause of the fact that it was just so over the top, boven awesome :D
It used to me my life :3