Because you like Marlin in Finding Nemo

There's nothing like discovering dear old dad is a serial killer to send you into an (understandable) funk. See them in Hannibal.

With those dearest to him dead and no one to trust, Max Rockatansky is a slightly hysterical man alone on the run in a post-apocalyptic world. See them in Mad Max: Fury Road.

Eric Forman's interests include smoking weed, collecting Luke Skywalker memorabilia, eating Fatso burgers, and making his dad mad. See them in That '70s Show.

Galina Reznikov is the head chef of prison, cooking up meals as well as storms on anyone who dares to cross her; even the guards are terrified of her. See them in Orange Is The New Black.

Mrs. Lovett is the proud purveyor of the worst, and most grisly, pies in London. See them in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Neil Perry is a brilliant student with an artist's soul. And he's desperate to unleash it. See them in Dead Poets Society.

Jack's big imagination is never limited by his incredibly cramped surroundings. See them in Room.

As a doctor-in-training, John Dorian should have his head in the game. But most of the time, it's in the clouds. See them in Scrubs.

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

Underneath his preening narcissist exterior, Schmidt is, well, still kind of a preening narcissist. But he has a good heart too. See them in New Girl.

Will Byers is just like any other twelve year old, except he's stuck in another dimension. See them in Stranger Things.

Stan Marsh is a fourth grader who is the ladies man of his classroom. See them in South Park.