Because you like Buddy in Elf

Sylar's victims are found all over the country, many with their brains removed. See them in Heroes.

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

Homer Simpson is a beer-loving disaster in charge of nuclear safety in Springfield. Everybody run! See them in The Simpsons.

Shaun is used to being lazy. And now, you're asking him to fight for his life? See them in Shaun of the Dead.

Simba just can't wait to be king, but he's got a lot of growing up to do first. See them in The Lion King.

Adults call him troubled and kids call him crazy, but Donnie Darko is too busy following the instructions of a giant bunny rabbit to care. See them in Donnie Darko.

Although Mako Mori may be small and quiet, she is a core of battle-hardened steel. See them in Pacific Rim.

Bojack Horseman is a former sitcom star who loves sharing his opinions with anyone who will listen. Oh, and drinking. A lot! See them in Bojack Horseman.

She got locked up so her husband could make it big, but now Cookie Lyon is coming for what's hers. See them in Empire.

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

Eliot Waugh is the unspoken leader of his group of friends at a school for magic. See them in The Magicians.