Because you like Maximus Decimus Meridius in Gladiator

Tamaki Suoh is always the star of the scene because he's the one making a scene. See them in Ouran High School Host Club.

Quirky teen Carly Shay is the director of her own life story. See them in iCarly.

Ned is kind, warm, and gifted with an all-powerful touch. See them in Pushing Daisies.

Ace pilot Asuka Langley Soryu is confident, haughty, and a little less grown-up than she pretends to be. See them in Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Roger is a pansexual alcoholic non-human who will happily lie, cheat and steal to get what he wants. See them in American Dad!.

Nick Miller might not have a bank account, but he defintely has a lot of love to give. See them in New Girl.

Stoic, cynical, and independent, Homura Akemi is an alluring enigma. See them in Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

Dee Reynolds is selfish, narcissistic, and a target of extremely cruel ridicule. See them in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia .

Driven yet empathetic, Emily Prentiss brings humanity to the pursuit of inhuman killers. See them in Criminal Minds.

Somehow all of Lara Jean Covey's past crushes know everything she's ever felt about them. Embarrasing? Yes, but hey, now she has a boyfriend. See them in To all The Boys I've Loved Before.

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.

Gordie Lachance never had any friends later on like the ones he had when I was twelve. See them in Stand By Me.