Because you like Violet Baudelaire in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
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When he’s not working at the banana stand or awkwardly hitting on his cousin, George Michael tries his best to appease his father. See them in Arrested Development.
Lying is the most fun a girl like Alice can have without taking her clothes off. See them in Closer.
Free-spirited Annie Hall goes through life saying "La-di-da, la-di-da, la la." See them in Annie Hall.
Her unhappy childhood has left her unsure of the existence of happy endings. Mary Jane Watson hides her pain beneath a joke and a smile. See them in Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Roger is a pansexual alcoholic non-human who will happily lie, cheat and steal to get what he wants. See them in American Dad!.
Eliot Waugh is the unspoken leader of his group of friends at a school for magic. See them in The Magicians.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Elizabeth Bennet doesn't suffer fools or prideful men. See them in Pride & Prejudice.
Moving is hard for Coraline Jones; accidentally moving to a creepy mirror world just makes it harder. See them in Coraline.
In a mad world, Caitlyn Kiramman is finding it hard to determine who to trust. See them in Arcane.
Bella Swan thinks of it as her job to help her parents and protect her friends, even though it often ends up the other way around. See them in Twilight.