Because you like Jamal Malik in Slumdog Millionaire

Toph is a tenacious earthbender full of spirit and spunk and hates when people try to baby her because she's blind. See them in Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Will Byers is just like any other twelve year old, except he's stuck in another dimension. See them in Stranger Things.

A legendary warrior with a complicated relationship to the truth, Jaime Lannister is revered and reviled in equal measure See them in Game of Thrones.

Topanga Lawrence has been a put-together intellectual since basically the moment she could talk. See them in Boy Meets World.

Talking to a stranger on a train is the best decision Jesse Wallace ever made. See them in Before Sunrise.

This barber doesn't cut hair. Sweeney Todd sends his clients down a chute to be baked into his partner-in-crime's pies. See them in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

David Rossi may chase serial killers for a living, but he's more interested in what wine pairs well with tonight's parmigiana. See them in Criminal Minds.

A poised, stately man-out-of-time, Ichabod Crane typically faces the modern world with wry quip. See them in Sleepy Hollow.

Cinder has been beaten down by the world, but she's learning that her cyborg abilities are pretty helpful. See them in Cinder .

Joyce Byers isn't crazy. She's just speaking to her missing son across dimensions using Christmas lights. See them in Stranger Things.

Anger is a cantankerous hothead whose job is to get others riled up. See them in Inside Out.

Count Olaf is a traveling actor, except he can't act and his homicidal tendencies make finding work pretty difficult. See them in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.