Because you like Neil Perry in Dead Poets Society

For Scout Finch, growing up means learning the world is a more complicated place than you once thought. See them in To Kill a Mockingbird.

Calling Alicia Florrick a "good wife" is damning this smart, capable, thoughtful woman with too-faint praise. See them in The Good Wife.

If it means fulfilling her ambitions, Satsuki Kiryuin will show neither shame nor hesitation. See them in Kill la Kill.

Growing up isn't easy: Chihiro's parents turned into pigs, she's enslaved at a bathhouse for demons, and oh yeah, she's fading from existence. See them in Spirited Away.

Insightful about everyone else's neuroses, Rose Lalonde is not as aware of her own. See them in Homestuck.

Armed guards, FBI agents, notorious serial killers – Hannibal Lecter has bested them all, with time to finish dessert afterwards. See them in The Silence of the Lambs.

Though cynical about the world, Shuya Nanahara is caring and protective towards his friends. See them in Battle Royale.

Hiro is a free-spirit and remarkable genius who loves bot fighting and problem-solving. See them in Big Hero 6.

Alex Russo desperately wants to keep her magic – after all, things are so much easier when you can just wave a wand. See them in Wizards of Waverly Place.

If only real life were as easy for Abed Nadir to understand as he knows pop culture. See them in Community.

As the White House Press Secretary, C. J. Cregg is a master of verbal karate and the best damn basketball player in Ohio Valley history. See them in The West Wing.