Because you like Wei Shen in Sleeping Dogs
Usually the life of the party, Laszlo is now seriously planning the vampiric takeover of the New World. Or at least Staten Island. See them in What We Do In The Shadows.
The adventurous daughter of Port Royal's governor, Elizabeth Swann would rather conspire with pirates than sit pretty in her corset. See them in Pirates of the Caribbean: the Curse of the Black Pearl.
Cosima Niehaus loves exploring the unknown. Even her own DNA is a puzzle, waiting to be unlocked. See them in Orphan Black.
Thanos is an intergalactic warlord, on the hunt for infinite power. See them in Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Annie Walker can bake a beautiful cupcake, but everything else in her life is a mess. See them in Bridesmaids.
Frodo might have carried the ring, but Samwise Gamgee carried the ring bearer. See them in The Lord of the Rings.
Greg Heffley will be famous someday, but now he's stuck in class with morons. See them in Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
Nick Carraway is the perfect observer: always there for the events, but never too involved. See them in The Great Gatsby.
Despite this being Robin Buckley's first rodeo with the strange things that go down in Hawkins, she is quick to adapt and proves herself to be a loyal friend. See them in Stranger Things.
A benevolent madman with a blue box, The Doctor is traveling through time and space to heal the wounds of the universe. See them in Doctor Who.
Convinced that the world is conspiring against him, Tatsuhiro's reconciled himself to his fate as a shut-in. See them in Welcome to the NHK.