Because you like Cosette in Les Miserables

Good-natured, sensitive, and introspective, Mason is on a lifelong path to finding himself. See them in Boyhood.

Britta Perry has never met a cause she couldn't passionately champion—at least for a little bit. See them in Community.

Veronica Lodge is a quintessential mean girl trying to make a better life, and a better self. See them in Riverdale.

A meticulous forensic scientist, Edward Nygma is insanely good at his job. Emphasis on the "insane" part. See them in Gotham.

This bite-sized, power-hungry plankton is determined to uncover the secret recipe for the Krusty Krab burger. See them in SpongeBob SquarePants.

One of seven supernatural babies who was born to a mother who was never pregnant, Ben Hargreeves is trying to save the world from an apocalypse in 8 days. See them in The Umbrella Academy.

Fate has forced Amuro into the terrors of war, and he must use the Gundam and all of its power if he is to make it out alive. See them in Mobile Suit Gundam Series.

As a psychokinetic who was raised in a lab, Eleven is finding Indiana to be a scary world. But at least she's discovered Eggo waffles. See them in Stranger Things.

No one else in fsociety can hack like Elliot Alderson, but the battles being waged in his head are often more than he can handle. See them in Mr. Robot.

Villanelle is a hired assassin who loves committing murder as much as she loves dressing up in fancy pink ballgowns. See them in Killing Eve.

Shaggy might be a bit of a slacker, but his heart and his stomach are usually in the right place. See them in Scooby-Doo.

As the unit chief of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit, Aaron Hotchner is dead serious about avenging dead people. See them in Criminal Minds.