Because you like John Keating in Dead Poets Society
Waylon Smithers would do anything for his boss, and would love to do a few things *to* him. See them in The Simpsons.
Underneath his preening narcissist exterior, Schmidt is, well, still kind of a preening narcissist. But he has a good heart too. See them in New Girl.
Carol Aird is driven to fight to make her life better, regardless the consequences. See them in Carol.
Sometimes being a supportive girlfriend like Ophelia doesn't work out too well. See them in Hamlet.
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.
Tiana lives by a simple motto: "Fairy tales can come true. But you gotta make them happen, it all depends on you." See them in The Princess and the Frog.
Iris West is a barista and blogger determined to expose a secret. See them in DC Extended Universe.
Meg March might yearn for a life of ballgowns and diamond necklaces, but the boy she falls for doesn't have a penny to his name. See them in Little Women.
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.
Anger is a cantankerous hothead whose job is to get others riled up. See them in Inside Out.
