Because you like Annie Wilkes in Misery
Maya Lambert is an obsessive intelligence officer with tunnel vision leading toward Osama bin Laden. See them in Zero Dark Thirty.
Clay Jensen's friend Hannah is gone, and he is determined to find out why even if that brings him pain. See them in Thirteen Reasons Why .
Michael Kelso gets by on his good looks and his openhearted nature. See them in That '70s Show.
Cynical, judgmental, and hipper-than-thou, Enid Coleslaw wears her outsider status like a badge of honor. See them in Ghost World.
Tom Haverford is set on being a world-renowned entrepreneur who dates models. Problem is, he's stuck in Indiana with a lazy business partner. See them in Parks and Recreation.
Crono may not talk, but this time-traveling hero's heart speaks volumes. See them in Chrono Trigger.
Rupert Giles is a librarian on the outside, fearless evil-fighter on the inside. See them in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Peter Venkman's "research" projects are designed to get undergraduate students to sleep with him. Though it turns out he can bust ghosts. See them in Ghostbusters.
Darcy Lewis is a razor-sharp scientist studying things that science can't explain. See them in Thor.
Arwen has to choose between a life of loneliness or love and inevitible death, both rather unfortunate options. See them in The Lord of the Rings.
Stella Grant is an organized, orderly optimist living with a dangerous disease. See them in Five Feet Apart.
Basil Hallward is dominated, soul, brain, and power by Dorian. See them in Dorian Gray.