Because you like Lara Antipov in Doctor Zhivago

Topanga Lawrence has been a put-together intellectual since basically the moment she could talk. See them in Boy Meets World.

An off-beat dork, John Egbert is funny, inventive, and endlessly optimistic. See them in Homestuck.

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

A compassionate medical student, Martha Jones has found a Doctor she can really look up to. See them in Doctor Who.

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.

Driven yet empathetic, Emily Prentiss brings humanity to the pursuit of inhuman killers. See them in Criminal Minds.

Sweet, reserved, and intellectual, Cordelia Foxx would do anything for her students. See them in American Horror Story.

Jack's big imagination is never limited by his incredibly cramped surroundings. See them in Room.

People make more sense to the hyper-logical Temperance Brennan after they're dead. See them in Bones.

A bumbling hobbit, Bilbo Baggins is becoming a part of something much larger than himself as he embarks on a quest. See them in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

People think Karen Smith is a dumb blonde, but she disagrees and is proud she can predict the weather with her breasts. See them in Mean Girls.