Because you like Craig Gilner in It's Kind of a Funny Story
Basil Hallward is dominated, soul, brain, and power by Dorian. See them in Dorian Gray.
Liesel Meminger is trying to ease the suffering of those around her, German and Jew alike. See them in The Book Thief.
Jessica Davis is the girl that guys like to like. See them in Thirteen Reasons Why .
A working class janitor with a world-class mind, Will Hunting is cocky, brash, and combative about his future. See them in Good Will Hunting.
Miss Peregrine exists to protect her wards, whether they like it or not. See them in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children .
Billy Butcher's job is to give everyone hell by any means necessary. See them in The Boys.
Victor Frankenstein can create life, so he's pretty awesome if he says so himself. See them in Frankenstein.
King Schultz is about as color-blind as a man of his era can be. See them in Django Unchained.
Often on the verge of a nervous breakdown, Annie Edison nevertheless manages to be the brain of the Greendale study group. See them in Community.
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.