Because you like Cosette in Les Miserables

The self-proclaimed "only guilty man in Shawshank prison" has wisdom to share, such as the best way to smuggle a Rita Hayworth poster into a Maine prison. See them in The Shawshank Redemption.

If this slick ad man doesn't like the conversation, he changes it—while drinking and smoking. See them in Mad Men.

Charismatic, sociopathic, and dramatic, Charlie Bronson wants nothing more than to be famous. See them in Bronson.

Lexi Howard feels most like herself when she's on stage, but reality always finds a way of pulling her back. See them in Euphoria.

Pro tip: the psych ward is not the best place to find a mentor like Lisa Rowe. See them in Girl, Interrupted.

Roger Kint is a nervous, weak, ham-handed criminal. We think. See them in The Usual Suspects.

After being resurrected and discovering his new morphing abilities, Alex Mercer uses them to combat the virus now ravaging New York. See them in Prototype Series.

Tobias "Four" Eaton is only afraid of four things, but you should probably be afraid of him. See them in Divergent.

Charlie Kelmeckis is a wallflower who's starting to blossom into something more. See them in The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

Nemo is a small fish in a vast ocean, but he dreams of seeing it all. See them in Finding Nemo.

For Dana Scully, sometimes looking for extreme possibilities makes you blind to the probable explanation right in front of you. See them in The X-Files.

Although Morrigan knows every kind of magic there is, friendship is an untested area for her. See them in Dragon Age Series.