Because you like Andie Walsh in Pretty in Pink
Where Ash comes from, food and shelter pay for themselves. Even as a penniless vagrant, he is able to pursue his dream of becoming a Pokémon Master See them in Pokemon.
This high school queen bee has everything, including a genius-level IQ—a fact Lydia Martin keeps hidden to maintain her image. See them in Teen Wolf.
An arrogant, prideful human-demon hybrid, Inuyasha secretly just wants to be accepted. See them in Inuyasha.
SpongeBob SquarePants lives in a pineapple under the sea. Absorbent and yellow and porous is he. See them in SpongeBob SquarePants.
Unaware of the fact that he's a toy and made of plastic, Buzz Lightyear is a spaceman on a mission fully of snappy catch phrases. See them in Toy Story.
A super-soldier, Master Chief might be more machine than man. And for humanity's sake, thank God. See them in Halo.
Father to a murdered son and husband to a murdered wife, Maximus Decimus Meridius will have his vengeance. See them in Gladiator.
An opportunistic fugitive-turned-bounty-hunter, Faye Valentine uses both grit and her good looks to get ahead. See them in Cowboy Bebop.
Bo Dennis once dreamed of being prom queen, but then she found out that she's part of some ageless secret race that feeds on humans. See them in Lost Girl.
Thor is Asgardian nobility who is tickled by how us earthlings live. See them in Marvel Cinematic Universe.
For somebody who won't answer questions, the enigmatic C.C. sure asks a lot of them. See them in Code Geass.