Because you like Lena Leonard in Punch Drunk Love
Wendy Testaburger is a born leader who is not afraid to stand up to the other fourth graders for what she believes in. See them in South Park.
Waylon Smithers would do anything for his boss, and would love to do a few things *to* him. See them in The Simpsons.
Marinette Dupain-Cheng is a shy teenage girl, fashion designer, and superhero. See them in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir.
Christine Daae has been secretely taking lessons from a phantom musician. It sounded less creepy in her head. See them in The Phantom of the Opera.
Alex Danvers is a brilliant engineer tasked with alien threats, and one of those aliens is her adopted sister Supergirl. See them in Supergirl.
Greg Heffley will be famous someday, but now he's stuck in class with morons. See them in Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
This master marksman may be a villain, but Deadshot's motives aren't quite as selfish as they seem. See them in DC Extended Universe.
Hoban Washburne shows you can be a hotshot space pilot *and* play with dinosaurs. See them in Firefly.
Cady Heron is the new girl in town who's also new to the world of high school, period. See them in Mean Girls.
Turanga Leela is the daughter of two mutants who live in the sewers below New York City. See them in Futurama.
From secret organizations to alien attacks, Kyon's life has been one weird, unexplainable thing happening after another. See them in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.