Because you like Alex Cross in Kiss the Girls
Strong-willed Norah Silverberg isn't willing to be the goody bag at anyone's pity party. See them in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist.
Jeff Winger thinks he's too cool for school, which is a problem because he just enrolled in community college. See them in Community.
Eponine is a scrappy street urchin with a bad case of unrequited love. See them in Les Miserables.
Sterling Archer is a fun-loving, car-driving spy extraordinaire. But one can tell his mother didn't hug him as a child. See them in Archer.
It turns out the girl of your dreams just might have dreams of her own. See them in (500) Days of Summer.
Imperator Furiosa is a badass patriarchy toppler. She'll do anything to secure a better, freer future for the women she cares for. See them in Mad Max: Fury Road.
After figuring out how both the light and dark halves of his soul could co-exist, Jak is maturing into a real hero. See them in Jak and Daxter.
Foul mouthed and disturbingly comfortable with violence, Hit-Girl is a precocious assassin who doesn't need anyone's protection. See them in Kick-Ass.
Member of the student council, captain of the fencing team, and part-time model, Juri Arisugawa is idolized by everyone around her. See them in Revolutionary Girl Utena.
A Washington DC fixer, Olivia Pope can make roadblocks disappear with a single phone call. "It's handled" is her life motto. See them in Scandal.
Clank is the quintessential rational, intelligent robot sidekick. See them in Ratchet & Clank.
Waylon Smithers would do anything for his boss, and would love to do a few things *to* him. See them in The Simpsons.