Because you like Kathryn Merteuil in Cruel Intentions

Alyssa Foley is a blunt and crass teenage runaway. See them in The End of the F World.

A man of the court, Lord Varys knows how to manipulate it better than anyone. See them in Game of Thrones.

Cyclops shoots lasers out of his eyes, destroying anything in his line of sight. See them in X-Men Series.

Matilda Wormwood is so smart, she taught herself how to be psychic. See them in Matilda.

After being resurrected and discovering his new morphing abilities, Alex Mercer uses them to combat the virus now ravaging New York. See them in Prototype Series.

Waylon Smithers would do anything for his boss, and would love to do a few things *to* him. See them in The Simpsons.

Whether it's a fire or a pit of lions, there's almost no predicament that Violet Baudelaire can't get her and her siblings out of. See them in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.

With a song always on her lips and her heart on her sleeve, Maria von Trapp is the governess every kid dreams of. See them in The Sound of Music.

Gomez Addams fills his days with ghoulish and ghastly forms of recreation, enjoying life and all its pleasures to the fullest. See them in The Addams Family.

The self-described "ghost with the most" knows the ins-and-outs of specter life like no other. Just ask him. See them in Beetlejuice.

If there's any hope of resolving things peacefully, this proud ape leader will have to trust the humans. See them in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.