Because you like Max Fischer in Rushmore
Curving free kicks and crosses is tough, but keeping her soccer passion from her disapproving family is way tougher for Jess. See them in Bend It Like Beckham.
Victor Frankenstein can create life, so he's pretty awesome if he says so himself. See them in Frankenstein.
Calling Alicia Florrick a "good wife" is damning this smart, capable, thoughtful woman with too-faint praise. See them in The Good Wife.
The party never really ends with Penny Lane, a rock-worshipping groupie who is refreshingly self-aware and free-spirited. See them in Almost Famous.
Ryan Howard is a temp turned executive turned failing small-time media mogul. See them in The Office.
Simon Belmont is a vampire hunter bravely carrying on the family business. See them in Castlevania.
She's a survivor of gunshots, of being buried alive, nand of paralysis. And now Beatrix Kiddo is going to make her abusers pay. See them in Kill Bill vol. 1.
Think you grew up fast? At 12, Mathilda is an aspiring assassin eager to avenge her family's murder. See them in Leon: The Professional.
Napoleon Dynamite loves tater tots, mythical beasts, and reveling in his awkwardness. See them in Napoleon Dynamite.
Miss Havisham is the creepiest old rich lady in town. See them in Great Expectations.
Char is always thinking two or three steps ahead of the enemy. See them in Mobile Suit Gundam Series.