Because you like Jean-Baptiste Grenouille in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Anyone who's said "Don't worry, it's just a dream" never met Freddy Krueger. See them in A Nightmare on Elm Street.

Dimitri Belikov is a stoic vampire guardian who has the reserve, focus, and discipline of a soldier. See them in Vampire Academy .

Clank is the quintessential rational, intelligent robot sidekick. See them in Ratchet & Clank.

Squidward Tentacles is a pretentious clarinet player in search of peace and quiet. See them in SpongeBob SquarePants.

Driven yet empathetic, Emily Prentiss brings humanity to the pursuit of inhuman killers. See them in Criminal Minds.

Gollum is slimy and seething with hatred, the last person you would want to meet in a dark cave. See them in The Lord of the Rings.

Years of brutal winters, foreign invasions, and crippling loneliness have left Russia's mental state far from wholly intact. See them in Axis Powers Hetalia.

For Wreck It Ralph, it's not easy being the bad guy. Especially when you've been designed to destroy but really desire love. See them in Wreck-It Ralph.

Lady Macbeth takes being a powerful woman to a whole other level. See them in Macbeth.

Red doesn't like to explain herself. She wants her work to do the talking. See them in Transistor.