Because you like Stanley Yelnats in Holes

Susanna Kaysen is an aspiring writer, despairing young woman who struggles with suicidal thoughts. See them in Girl, Interrupted.

A neurotic people pleaser, Tom Wambsgans is both ambitious and spineless. See them in Succession.

A crabby troll, Karkat Vantas is perpetually angry about his lot in life. See them in Homestuck.

Villanelle is a hired assassin who loves committing murder as much as she loves dressing up in fancy pink ballgowns. See them in Killing Eve.

Marie Antoinette may be a fun-loving queen who has it all, but her husband doesn't know how to have sex, and an angry mob wants to cut off her head. See them in Marie Antoinette.

Daria Morgendorffer is so defensive that she actively works to make people dislike her so that she don't feel bad when they do. See them in Daria.

Yuri is living in the afterlife, which takes the form of a high school where no one dies. But if you follow the school's rules and live a "normal" life you vanish. See them in Angel Beats!.

Paris Geller is a newspaper editor, class president, and headed for Harvard. See them in Gilmore Girls.

Tony Stonem is the golden boy of Bristol. Problem is, he knows it. See them in Skins.

Whether it's a companion he’s failed or lingering guilt from the war, the Doctor can never truly let go of his past lives. See them in Doctor Who.

Serena van der Woodsen is a wild child. Too wild, her friends and family might argue. See them in Gossip Girl.

The Sohma family is just plain cursed, and Yuki Sohma has to learn to live with it – or so he thinks. See them in Fruits Basket.