Because you like Ishmael in Moby Dick
Toby Cavanaugh has trouble avoiding being manipulated. See them in Pretty Little Liars.
Holly Golightly spends so much time trying to be other people's dream girl, she doesn't really know what kind of girl she actually is. See them in Breakfast at Tiffany's.
An assassin with supernatural gifts, Corvo Attano is the last guy you should frame for murder. See them in Dishonored.
Stoic, cynical, and brilliant, Solid Snake was genetically engineered to be the perfect soldier. See them in Metal Gear Series.
A brave but pessimistic nobleman, Boromir knows one does not simply walk into Mordor. See them in The Lord of the Rings.
Spyro the Dragon loves getting into trouble around the Dragon Realms. See them in Spyro the Dragon.
Logan Huntzberger is a daredevil, romantic, and heir to a media empire. See them in Gilmore Girls.
As the White House Press Secretary, C. J. Cregg is a master of verbal karate and the best damn basketball player in Ohio Valley history. See them in The West Wing.
George Costanza is short, stocky, bald, neurotic, and the self-proclaimed "king of the idiots." See them in Seinfeld.