Because you like Yoshi in Super Mario Bros.

Joey Potter is a low-key girl next door in love with her best friend. See them in Dawson's Creek.

Michelle Richardson's world revolves around her boyfriend. Alas, his world doesn't revolve around her. See them in Skins.

Gou Matsuoka offers to help as manager of a swim team, believing that they're the only ones who can help her brother. See them in Free! Iwatobi Swim Club.

Being beautiful and rich doesn't guarantee happiness for Cheryl Blossom. See them in Riverdale.

Tonya Harding has been shoved around her whole life. She just wants to feel free. See them in I Tonya.

Anna Karenina doesn't want to be a respectable woman any more. She thinks respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be. See them in Anna Karenina.

After having his mind altered after a bad breakup, Joel Barish is not convinced that ignorance is bliss. See them in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Intelligent Adele is soft spoken yet brimming with emotion. See them in Blue is the Warmest Color.

Living with a curse, Kyo Sohma is sick of being treated like garbage his whole life. See them in Fruits Basket.

Jessica Davis is the girl that guys like to like. See them in Thirteen Reasons Why .

Prim and proper Allie Hamilton was raised to follow the rules. But she's got a fiery rebellious side too. See them in The Notebook.

Chris Chambers is from a family of social outcasts and criminals, and he wants more than anything to avoid ending up like them. See them in Stand By Me.