Because you like Meat Boy in Super Meat Boy
A free-spirited artist, Marjane Satrapi is living under the shadow of an oppressive society. See them in Persepolis.
Oscar Jarjayes is a sword-swinging, fearless Commander of the Royal Guard who cross-dresses as a man. See them in Rose of Versailles.
His name is Chucky, and he's your friend till the end. Hidey-ho! See them in Child's Play.
After Rintarou Okabe develops the Phone Microwave, some of his fantasies start to seem uncomfortably real. See them in Steins;Gate.
Armin Arlert was wrong. This world hasn't become hell; it's been hell. He just couldn't see it before. See them in Attack on Titan.
R2-D2 has been in the galaxy saving business for decades. Not bad for somebody whose vocabulary is limited to "beep-boop." See them in Star Wars Series.
Viking Astrid Hofferson has it all: brains, brawn, and some killer braids. See them in How to Train Your Dragon.
Randy Marsh is a geologist and Nobel Prize winner who is into binge drinking, starting riots, the Food Network, and P.F. Changs. See them in South Park.
Trevor Phillips is an unpredictable maniac who tortures people for no reason. See them in Grand Theft Series.
Eddie Brock is a big-hearted investigative journalist who is going through the world's weirdest identity crisis. See them in Venom.
It's certainly easier to get great footage of crimes when you can guarantee they'll happen. See them in Nightcrawler.
In charge of stocking the office's supply of cigarettes and liquor, Joan Holloway could run the whole company if they would let her. See them in Mad Men.