Because you like Cosette in Les Miserables

With a unique ability to empathize with killers, Will Graham helps society but his sanity pays the price. See them in Hannibal.

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.

A laid-back stoner, Ben Stone wasn't planning on life's ultimate responsibility. See them in Knocked Up.

After alien Haruko rides in on her Vespa, giant robots spouting from Naota Nandaba's forehead soon become the least of his worries. See them in FLCL.

Fun and feisty on the outside, Meredith Grey is dark and twisty on the inside. See them in Grey's Anatomy.

Bart Simpson is an aspiring juvenile delinquent who doesn't want you to have a cow, man! See them in The Simpsons.

Christian Grey is just as controlling in the bedroom as the boardroom. See them in Fifty Shades of Grey.

Did he ever tell you the definition of insanity? Just wait, and this psychopath will do just that. See them in Far Cry 3.

Don't worry about this forensic scientist offing you unless you're a serial killer yourself. (You're not, right? Just checking.) See them in Dexter.

A sadistic sociopath, Lil Z is helping make the City of God slum a Hell on Earth. See them in City of God.

Barry Allen is a nerd, forensics expert‚ and superhero with supersonic speed who is determined to solve his mother's murder. See them in DC Extended Universe.

Light Yagami has a plan to make a better world, and morals won't stop him. See them in Death Note.