Because you like Claire Standish in The Breakfast Club
Greg Hirsch is new to the Roy family's cutthroat world of wealth and privilege. See them in Succession.
Can you be reckless and still be in control? Neil McCormick hopes so. See them in Mysterious Skin.
Kelly Kapoor's interests are office gossip, pink (the color), Pink (the singer), snow cones, the temp Ryan, and "basically, anything that is awesome." See them in The Office.
Daria Morgendorffer is so defensive that she actively works to make people dislike her so that she don't feel bad when they do. See them in Daria.
Insightful about everyone else's neuroses, Rose Lalonde is not as aware of her own. See them in Homestuck.
Don't underestimate Maggie Greene. She's a farm girl with a mission. See them in The Walking Dead.
Lyra Belacqua is prone to getting in trouble, but she's also clever enough to get out of it. Most of the time. See them in The Golden Compass.
Yuri is living in the afterlife, which takes the form of a high school where no one dies. But if you follow the school's rules and live a "normal" life you vanish. See them in Angel Beats!.
An undercover DEA agent, Max Payne is too focused on avenging the past to plan for the future. See them in Max Payne.
A believer in the philosophy of Nietzsche, Dwayne Hoover has taken a vow of silence until he becomes a test pilot for the Air Force. See them in Little Miss Sunshine.
He might look like a pretty boy, but resourceful Leon Scott Kennedy is the man to have at your side during a crisis. See them in Resident Evil Series.
This power-hungry Time Lord calls himself the "master of all." Bonus: he has 13 lives. See them in Doctor Who.