Because you like Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th
Char is always thinking two or three steps ahead of the enemy. See them in Mobile Suit Gundam Series.
A doting grandfather, Edwin Hoover also has a heroin addiction and a penchant for swearing. See them in Little Miss Sunshine.
Blunt, petty, neurotic, Larry David can never live and let live. See them in Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Carl Fredricksen is a crotchety old man who may just have it in him to take one last, great adventure. See them in Up.
Impassive, overly literal, and a little short on people skills, Angel dedicates her life to enforcing the rules. See them in Angel Beats!.
This suave con-man doesn't just want to become rich. Danny Ocean wants to rip off the guy who stole his wife in the biggest Vegas con. See them in Ocean's Eleven.
Basil Hallward is dominated, soul, brain, and power by Dorian. See them in Dorian Gray.
Anna Karenina doesn't want to be a respectable woman any more. She thinks respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be. See them in Anna Karenina.
After figuring out how both the light and dark halves of his soul could co-exist, Jak is maturing into a real hero. See them in Jak and Daxter.
Rose Tyler may have not done too well in school, but she's certainly holding her own in space. See them in Doctor Who.