Because you like Wendy Darling in Peter Pan

Fox McCloud leads a team of pilots through the Lylat System in search of the evil genius Andross, the villain that killed his father. See them in Star Fox.

Kara "Starbuck" Thrace will beat you in cards, drink you under the table, then fly circles around you in her fighter plane. See them in Battlestar Galactica.

Albus Dumbledore oversees the most unsafe school in recorded history, with Dementors and giant arachnids run amok. See them in Harry Potter Series.

Hiccup Haddock III may be the only Viking nerd in recorded history. See them in How to Train Your Dragon.

America Singer is a feisty, fiercely independent musician who places little value on the restrictive rules of her society. See them in The Selection .

Dante Alighieri is a crusader fighting his way to absolution. See them in Dante's Inferno.

Juno MacGuff is hoping sarcasm will get her through the stress of teenage life. And also, teenage pregnancy. See them in Juno.

Amy Townsend rarely wakes up in the same bed twice. See them in Trainwreck.

There's erratic, and then there's Senor Chang. See them in Community.

Willow Rosenberg may be a witch who can defeat the forces of evil, but she still gets emotional over kittens on the Internet. See them in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Eleanor puts up a tough front, even when everyone else tries to tear her down. See them in Eleanor and Park .

Some say to survive in Underland you need to be as mad as a hatter–which, luckily, he is. See them in Alice in Wonderland.