Because you like Sonny Wortzik in Dog Day Afternoon

Klaus Hargreeves is funny, flirty, and high at any given moment, but he's also the most emotionally literate of his super-powered siblings. See them in The Umbrella Academy.

Sid Jenkins is the ultimate underachiever, but he doesn't mind. Well, he pretends he doesn't. See them in Skins.

Don't worry about this forensic scientist offing you unless you're a serial killer yourself. (You're not, right? Just checking.) See them in Dexter.

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.

In his transformation from hardened convict to moral paragon, Jean Valjean is the kind of man we should all aspire to be. See them in Les Miserables.

An opportunistic fugitive-turned-bounty-hunter, Faye Valentine uses both grit and her good looks to get ahead. See them in Cowboy Bebop.

Cooper says he used to look up at the sky and wonder at our place in the stars, but now he looks down and worry about our place in the dirt. See them in Interstellar.

It's a mad, mad world, but Alice has a surprisingly level head as goes her own way down the rabbit hole. See them in Alice in Wonderland.

Others see him as the town nutcase, but Flint Lockwood knows his inventions will change the world someday. See them in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.

Elaine Benes is a tough New Yorker who can hang with the guys, and date the ones who are "sponge-worthy." See them in Seinfeld.

It’s usually the good-looking, charismatic, play-by-their-own-rules types that get everyone into trouble, and Tyler Durden is Exhibit A. See them in Fight Club.

Walter White's knowledge of chemistry allows him to cook astoundingly pure meth, leading to a rapid – albeit tumultuous – rise in the criminal drug world. See them in Breaking Bad.