Because you like Claudia in Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

Carol Aird is driven to fight to make her life better, regardless the consequences. See them in Carol.

Vanellope von Schweetz is princess of the Sugar Rush game who could care less about being royal. See them in Wreck it Ralph.

Sabriel is smart enough to understand the dangers that await her and brave enough to face them anyway. See them in Abhorsen Series.

This barber doesn't cut hair. Sweeney Todd sends his clients down a chute to be baked into his partner-in-crime's pies. See them in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

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!.

Kathy is a natural caretaker who strives to find hope in even the darkest of times. See them in Never Let Me Go.

A hurricane of a human being, Marla Singer is destructive and unforgettable. See them in Fight Club.

Leslie Burke is bold, courageous, and imaginative enough to create a world from scratch. See them in Bridge to Terabithia.

Meg March might yearn for a life of ballgowns and diamond necklaces, but the boy she falls for doesn't have a penny to his name. See them in Little Women.

Peter Venkman's "research" projects are designed to get undergraduate students to sleep with him. Though it turns out he can bust ghosts. See them in Ghostbusters.

Phoebe Halliwell is a bestselling author and martial arts master with power of premonitions. See them in Charmed.

A compassionate medical student, Martha Jones has found a Doctor she can really look up to. See them in Doctor Who.