Because you like Elliott in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Sam Roth is sensitive, musically gifted, and scarred by his past. See them in Shiver .

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

In the Land of the Dead, finally free from the restrictive customs of Victorian society, Victor Van Dort is coming out of his shell. See them in Corpse Bride.

Don't ask Rosa Diaz, a Brooklyn detective, to lighten up. Actually, to be safe, don't ask her to do anything! See them in Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

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.

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

A deadbeat dad and small-time con-artist, Frank Gallagher gives nothing and yet expects everything. See them in Shameless.

Judge Dredd is less a man and more a living manifestation of justice. See them in Dredd.

Konata Izumi has a live-now, worry-later view of the world. See them in Lucky Star.

No baths please for Gary the Snail. See them in SpongeBob SquarePants.

Jasmine dreams of something more than palace life, and she's not afraid to go get it. See them in Aladdin.

Hayley Stark is a sarcastic 14-year-old with an unusual passion. See them in Hard Candy.