Because you like George Bailey in It's A Wonderful Life
Jacob Kowalski is just a baker caught up in an otherworldly adventure. See them in Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them.
A monstrous pirate captain, Davy Jones is quite literally heartless. See them in Pirates of the Caribbean: the Curse of the Black Pearl.
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.
In his heart, this student rebel is more of a lover than a fighter. See them in Les Miserables.
Chef is a swinging bachelor and former R&B singer with a leopard-skin upholstered couch and some great stories. See them in South Park.
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.
Darcy Lewis is a razor-sharp scientist studying things that science can't explain. See them in Thor.
Gordie Lachance never had any friends later on like the ones he had when I was twelve. See them in Stand By Me.
Aldo Raine is in the killing Nazi business. And as he says, business is a-boomin'. See them in Inglourious Basterds.
Brian Griffin is the most scholarly member of the family—when he's not drunk on martinis. See them in Family Guy.
