Because you like Edmond Dantes in The Count of Monte Cristo

If anyone can stay optimistic and friendly under harsh alien rule, it's Alyx Vance. See them in Half-Life 2.

Kesuke Miyagi is a karate expert who thinks the best way a scrawny high schooler can learn how to defend himself is by washing every surface in sight. See them in The Karate Kid.

Barry Egan has too many anger issues to list here. See them in Punch Drunk Love.

Leatherface's moods change with his masks. See them in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

The brilliant and well-adjusted Ender Wiggin is being groomed for the next generation of military leaders to fight alien invaders. See them in Ender's Game.

This isn't the Captian Hook of your nightmares; he's charming and devilishly handsome. See them in Once Upon a Time.

There is never a dull moment with Jim Moriarty: expect booze and sing alongs in between all of the homicide. See them in Sherlock.

An undercover DEA agent, Max Payne is too focused on avenging the past to plan for the future. See them in Max Payne.

Once a handsome prince, the Beast is now a grumpy, furry, monster. It's hard to pinpoint which mammal he resembles the most. See them in Beauty and the Beast.

The destroyer, Drax lives for one thing and one thing only: revenge. See them in Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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.

Gordie Lachance never had any friends later on like the ones he had when I was twelve. See them in Stand By Me.