Because you like Ishmael in Moby Dick

Brilliant but self-destructive, Lip Gallagher spends more time stirring up trouble than hitting the books. See them in Shameless.

Carl Gallagher is a budding psychopath fascinated with rule breaking. See them in Shameless.

Reclusive, quiet, and seemingly emotionless, Lain Iwakura feels like an outsider in her hyper-connected world. See them in Serial Experiments Lain.

A deadbeat dad and small-time con-artist, Frank Gallagher gives nothing and yet expects everything. See them in Shameless.

Konata Izumi has a live-now, worry-later view of the world. See them in Lucky Star.

Ilana Wexler is rarely found without a joint. When she's not absolutely blazed, she is a below average employee and an incredible best friend. See them in Broad City.

Not a great influence with her classmates, this 13-year-old "cool girl" likes to shoplift, chug alcohol, and snort crushed pills. See them in thirteen.

While Cassie Ainsworth's head is always in the clouds, her heart is always in the right place. See them in Skins.

Don't mess with Mickey Milkovich unless you want to see the wrong side of one of his many guns. See them in Shameless.

Chris Miles has run out of cash, luck, and drugs. See them in Skins.

Maddy Perez seems like an angel until she opens her mouth. See them in Euphoria.

A crabby troll, Karkat Vantas is perpetually angry about his lot in life. See them in Homestuck.