Because you like Victor Frankenstein in Frankenstein

Lazy and cynical‚ Bernard Black is the ultimate curmudgeon. See them in Black Books.

Driven and straightforward with high-technology parts, EVE was sent to Earth to see if it is habitable. See them in WALL-E.

Part archaeologist, part philosopher, part politician, Jean-Luc Picard is an unashamed intellectual who runs a tight ship. See them in Star Trek: The Next Generation.

The self-described "ghost with the most" knows the ins-and-outs of specter life like no other. Just ask him. See them in Beetlejuice.

Boomerang is equally skilled at tossing boomerangs and tossing back beers. See them in DC Extended Universe.

GLaDOS will supply the food when you get together: a delicious cake. Of course, it could just be a trap so she can kill you. It’s hard to say. See them in Portal Series.

Keeping your cool is just as useful in the underworld as in war, and Michael Corleone is stone-cold. See them in The Godfather.

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

Just because Dracula wants to suck your blood doesn't mean he's not a gentleman. See them in Dracula.

Handsome Jack is wearing a mask of his own face to hide his scarred real one. See them in Borderlands Series.

Drusilla's hobbies include dolls, music, and killing people. See them in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Ciri had a princess upbringing, and some of the facts of common people's lives are a mystery to her. See them in The Witcher.