Because you like Liesel Meminger in The Book Thief
SpongeBob SquarePants lives in a pineapple under the sea. Absorbent and yellow and porous is he. See them in SpongeBob SquarePants.
Armed guards, FBI agents, notorious serial killers – Hannibal Lecter has bested them all, with time to finish dessert afterwards. See them in The Silence of the Lambs.
Just call Jeff Lebowski The Dude. Or His Dudeness, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into that whole brevity thing. See them in The Big Lebowski.
Unaware of the fact that he's a toy and made of plastic, Buzz Lightyear is a spaceman on a mission fully of snappy catch phrases. See them in Toy Story.
Ratchet is a shoot-first, ask-questions-later, and then-shoot-again kind of lombax. See them in Ratchet & Clank.
M. Bison is a diabolical megalomaniac hell-bent on dominating the world. See them in Street Fighter.
It's hard to tell if Dean Winchester cares more about saving the world or his 1967 Chevy Impala. See them in Supernatural.
Clementine is a beacon of innocence in a dangerous, deadly world. See them in The Walking Dead (Video Game).
Faced with inequality, Gale Hawthorne has a rebellious spirit that only grows. See them in The Hunger Games .
To cope with injustice, Connor finds meaning in his strict and unbreakable code of honor. See them in Assassin's Creed Series.
It's certainly easier to get great footage of crimes when you can guarantee they'll happen. See them in Nightcrawler.