Because you like Stella Payne in How Stella Got Her Groove Back

Blunt but anxious, Gretchen Ross bonds most easily with those who have lived tough lives like she has. See them in Donnie Darko.

Olive Hoover is an irrepressible child beauty queen (or would-be queen) who doesn't play by your rules. See them in Little Miss Sunshine.

Ted is a cursing, smoking, drinking teddy bear who's anything but cuddly. See them in Ted.

Barry Egan has too many anger issues to list here. See them in Punch Drunk Love.

Tom Haverford is set on being a world-renowned entrepreneur who dates models. Problem is, he's stuck in Indiana with a lazy business partner. See them in Parks and Recreation.

Michaelangelo is an above-ground crime-fighter by night, and a pizza-eating, sewer-dwelling mutant ninja turtle by day. See them in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Needles Kane says shut up and bleed. See them in Twisted Metal .

Zeratul is cryptic, mystic, and not to be messed with. See them in StarCraft .

Boomerang is equally skilled at tossing boomerangs and tossing back beers. See them in DC Extended Universe.

Surly and sarcastic, Manny travels alone and prefers it that way. See them in Ice Age.

Xander Harris' life motto: laugh in the face of danger and then hide until it goes away. See them in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

From secret organizations to alien attacks, Kyon's life has been one weird, unexplainable thing happening after another. See them in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.