Because you like Lisa Rowe in Girl, Interrupted

Driven by obsession and anxiety, Monk bravely overcomes, or at least battles, his fears to help the world. See them in Monk.

Merry Brandybuck is a troublemaking hobbit with a brave streak that some might call foolhardy. See them in The Lord of the Rings.

Kind and friendly, Rinoa Heartilly is nonetheless an effective freedom fighter. See them in Final Fantasy Series.

Combining an innocent face with an insatiable bloodlust, Eli recruits friends to join the vampire way of life. See them in Let the Right One In.

Alex Danvers is a brilliant engineer tasked with alien threats, and one of those aliens is her adopted sister Supergirl. See them in Supergirl.

Davos Seaworth is steadfast, intelligent, and trustworthy, which are hard traits to find in a place like Westeros. See them in Game of Thrones.

Waylon Smithers would do anything for his boss, and would love to do a few things *to* him. See them in The Simpsons.

George Weasley likes to invent quirky joke products, play Quidditch, and cause poor Mrs. Weasley a lot of anxiety. See them in Harry Potter Series.

Rue is an icy prima ballerina whose obsession with perfection obscures a hidden desire to be loved. See them in Princess Tutu.

Seth is short-tempered, crude, and terrible at school, but hopefully there's nothing an epic party can't fix. See them in Superbad.

After alien Haruko rides in on her Vespa, giant robots spouting from Naota Nandaba's forehead soon become the least of his worries. See them in FLCL.

Anyone who's said "Don't worry, it's just a dream" never met Freddy Krueger. See them in A Nightmare on Elm Street.