Because you like Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
A grumpy tourist trap owner, Grunkle Stan has a few deep secrets. See them in Gravity Falls.
Billionaire playboy by day and vigilante archer by night, Oliver Queen aims to rid Starling City of crime and atone for his past mistakes. See them in DC Extended Universe.
A girl who grew up on stories, Meggie Folchart is as loyal and intrepid as one of her fictional heroines. See them in Inkheart.
Bella Swan thinks of it as her job to help her parents and protect her friends, even though it often ends up the other way around. See them in Twilight.
Dimitri Belikov is a stoic vampire guardian who has the reserve, focus, and discipline of a soldier. See them in Vampire Academy .
Django was once a slave. Now that he has a taste of freedom, he understandably wants a full meal. See them in Django Unchained.
The irrepressible Lucy Ricardo has never met a challenge she couldn't scheme her way into or out of. See them in I Love Lucy.
As a scaring Assistant, Mike Wazowski frightens children to collect their screams to be used as a power supply for the city. See them in Monsters, Inc..
The Little Prince is a childlike wonder personified in a tiny package. See them in The Little Prince.
Susie Salmon has a big heart, even though it's not beating anymore. See them in The Lovely Bones.
Holden Caulfield is convinced that the whole adult world is full of phonies. See them in The Catcher in the Rye.