Because you like Clementine Kruczynski in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Leonardo is spiritual, and devoted to more than just pizza. See them in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Eponine is a scrappy street urchin with a bad case of unrequited love. See them in Les Miserables.
Nick Miller might not have a bank account, but he defintely has a lot of love to give. See them in New Girl.
Santana Lopez is a cutthroat cheerleader who's not afraid to speak, or sing, her mind. See them in Glee.
Whether it's a fire or a pit of lions, there's almost no predicament that Violet Baudelaire can't get her and her siblings out of. See them in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Moe Szyslak is the crabby owner of the grimiest bar in Springfield. See them in The Simpsons.
Edmund Pevensie isn't a bad person, but he did sell his siblings out for a tin of Turkish Delight. See them in The Chronicles of Narnia.
The "runt" of his biker gang, Tetsuo Shima grapples with a perpetual inferiority complex. See them in Akira.
Despite the war-torn world around him, Mal Reynolds still holds onto the shred of hope that life can be more than just living another day. See them in Firefly.
Merciless and manipulative, Queen Ravenna is determined to become the fairest of them all. See them in Snow White and the Huntsman.
With the loyalty and pluckiness of a puppy, Nana Komatsu is a hopeless romantic. See them in Nana.
Not a great influence with her classmates, this 13-year-old "cool girl" likes to shoplift, chug alcohol, and snort crushed pills. See them in thirteen.