Because you like Isabelle de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons

Claire Underwood is scary intimidating, and she knows it. See them in House of Cards.

After surviving a CIA mission that was supposed to kill him, ex-military man John Reese bets it all on a chance to redeem himself. See them in Person of Interest.

Carol Peletier's credo: your strength comes from who you are, not who you used to be. See them in The Walking Dead.

Brian Griffin is the most scholarly member of the family—when he's not drunk on martinis. See them in Family Guy.

If Eleanor Shellstrop's true identity is revealed, she'll be sent to The Bad Place. See them in The Good Place.

If anyone can speak truth to power, it's Atticus Finch. With elequent monologues, he forces everyone to face hard truths. See them in To Kill a Mockingbird.

Lyra Belacqua is prone to getting in trouble, but she's also clever enough to get out of it. Most of the time. See them in The Golden Compass.

Formerly a "sweater-set-wearing, mojito-drinking sorority girl", Paige Collins is now a successful sculptor with slight memory loss. See them in The Vow.

Quinn Fabray can become a monster when there is something she wants. See them in Glee.

Serena van der Woodsen is a wild child. Too wild, her friends and family might argue. See them in Gossip Girl.

Catherine Linton was once spontaneous and rowdy but ever since marrying the wealthy Edgar, she has morphed into a boiling pot of emotional outbursts. See them in Wuthering Heights.

Major Marquis Warren is a talkative, sharp-eyed, and cold-hearted Civil War soldier-turned-bounty hunter. See them in The Hateful Eight.