Because you like Jim Stark in Rebel Without A Cause
Waylon Smithers would do anything for his boss, and would love to do a few things *to* him. See them in The Simpsons.
An aristocrat-turned-tomb-raider, Lara Croft does her best thinking while plunging off cliffs. See them in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.
Noah Calhoun is lost without Allie, who seems to have moved on. See them in The Notebook.
Buddy Pine is an unhinged superfan of superheroes using technology to take down his idols. See them in The Incredibles.
Don't worry about this forensic scientist offing you unless you're a serial killer yourself. (You're not, right? Just checking.) See them in Dexter.
Veronica Mars is a sarcastic private eye whose biggest mission is surviving high school. See them in Veronica Mars.
The incomplete experiment of an inventor, Edward Scissorhands was left with blades instead of hands and an unpolished understanding of the world. See them in Edward Scissorhands.
She got locked up so her husband could make it big, but now Cookie Lyon is coming for what's hers. See them in Empire.
Eponine is a scrappy street urchin with a bad case of unrequited love. See them in Les Miserables.
Despite the undeniably awful turn her life has taken, Rachel handles herself with remarkable grace. See them in Me and Earl and the Dying Girl .
Sookie Stackhouse is a waitress who can read minds and break hearts. See them in True Blood.