Because you like Zero in Holes

Shrek is a nasty-on-the-surface ogre with a heart of gold and an earful of wax. See them in Shrek.

Korra is stubborn, outgoing, and faced with huge responsibilities she might not be ready for. See them in The Legend of Korra.

It's time somebody has to take over. It might as well be Fish Mooney. See them in Gotham.

The irrepressible Lucy Ricardo has never met a challenge she couldn't scheme her way into or out of. See them in I Love Lucy.

If this slick ad man doesn't like the conversation, he changes it—while drinking and smoking. See them in Mad Men.

Charismatic, sociopathic, and dramatic, Charlie Bronson wants nothing more than to be famous. See them in Bronson.

While he might be too cool for school, Soul isn't too cool to do the right thing. See them in Soul Eater.

Ciel Phantomhive is a haughty teenage nobleman who doesn't suffer fools gladly. See them in Black Butler.

Kagami Hiiragi keeps her grades up, helps at Takanomiya Shrine, serves as class president, and hangs out with her friends. See them in Lucky Star.

Even the smallest person can change the course of the world, if he's brave enough. See them in The Lord of the Rings.

Some say to survive in Underland you need to be as mad as a hatter–which, luckily, he is. See them in Alice in Wonderland.

Sylar's victims are found all over the country, many with their brains removed. See them in Heroes.