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Daria Morgendorffer is so defensive that she actively works to make people dislike her so that she don't feel bad when they do. See them in Daria.
Orphan Bruce Wayne has a tortured soul, but he's trying his best to weed out corruption. See them in DC Extended Universe.
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.
Carl Fredricksen is a crotchety old man who may just have it in him to take one last, great adventure. See them in Up.
Maka is determined to collect and purify 99 Kishin eggs– human souls that have been corrupted by evil– and one witch soul. See them in Soul Eater.
A vain and arrogant womanizer, Roy Mustang has hidden depths. See them in Fullmetal Alchemist.
Accessing more than 10 percent of your brain can do strange things to anyone, and Lucy is Exhibit A. See them in Lucy.
Effy Stonem is cool and collected with a wry smile on her face and a cigarette between her lips. See them in Skins.
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.
Kat Stratford is part of the "out" crowd and proud of it. See them in 10 Things I Hate About You.
Bella Swan thinks of it as her job to help her parents and protect her friends, even though it often ends up the other way around. See them in Twilight.