Because you like Joanne Jefferson in Rent

Nadine Franklin likes to wallow in her misery almost as much as she likes to torment her mother. See them in The Edge of Seventeen.

Quint is a grizzled shark hunter with a love of the sea. See them in Jaws.

Aldous Snow is a rock star who plays hard and parties harder. See them in Get Him to the Greek.

John Wick is a widowed former Navy Seal who becomes a notoriously effective hitman, killing over 124 people with gunshots alone. See them in John Wick.

Jughead Jones is seeing the underbelly of his sleepy town. See them in Riverdale.

A determined rookie cop , Judy Hopps has her floppy bunny ears to the ground. See them in Zootopia.

Leslie Knope can accomplish anything, literally anything, with a little grit and help from her office. See them in Parks and Recreation.

Finn pulled off the impossible: he quit life as a Stormtrooper. Unfortunately, life only got more complicated after that. See them in Star Wars Series.

Her unhappy childhood has left her unsure of the existence of happy endings. Mary Jane Watson hides her pain beneath a joke and a smile. See them in Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Ellen Ripley defines the word "badass." When she's not leading her crew on an interstellar voyage, she's slaying terrifying creatures. See them in Alien.

Neytiri is an accomplished woman with no patience for stupidity. See them in Avatar.

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.