Because you like Jamal Malik in Slumdog Millionaire

Phoebe Halliwell is a bestselling author and martial arts master with power of premonitions. See them in Charmed.

Chef is a swinging bachelor and former R&B singer with a leopard-skin upholstered couch and some great stories. See them in South Park.

Bree Van De Kamp likes her whiskey's neat, her napkins pressed, and her guns loaded. See them in Desperate Housewives.

Loyal and supportive, Cece Parekh is the best friend a girl could ask for. It doesn't hurt that she's a supermodel. See them in New Girl.

A compassionate medical student, Martha Jones has found a Doctor she can really look up to. See them in Doctor Who.

Sidney Prescott is trying to return to life as a regular, teenage girl – one who doesn't cause rooms to go silent when she walks in. See them in Scream.

Chaos is what killed the dinosaurs, and there's nothing Jason "J.D." Dean loves more than chaos. See them in Heathers.

There's magic behind Tara Maclay's quiet façade. See them in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Ace pilot Asuka Langley Soryu is confident, haughty, and a little less grown-up than she pretends to be. See them in Neon Genesis Evangelion.

James Wilson is a compassionate doctor who willingly plays the sidekick. See them in House M.D..

Underneath his preening narcissist exterior, Schmidt is, well, still kind of a preening narcissist. But he has a good heart too. See them in New Girl.