Because you like Daniel LaRusso in The Karate Kid
Riggan Thomson is a washed-up movie star running from his inner demons. Alas those inner demons look just like the superhero he used to play. See them in Birdman.
A smart, spunky, and incredibly skilled gamer, Art3mis has a revolutionary spirit. See them in Ready Player One.
Blunt, petty, neurotic, Larry David can never live and let live. See them in Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Char is always thinking two or three steps ahead of the enemy. See them in Mobile Suit Gundam Series.
Charlotte is ready to embrace connection in a strange place. See them in Lost in Translation.
Sabrina Spellman is half-witch-half-human, a headstrong and loyal cheerleader with an affinity for spell-making. See them in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
The incomplete experiment of an inventor, Edward Scissorhands was left with blades instead of hands and an unpolished understanding of the world. See them in Edward Scissorhands.
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.
Bob Belcher runs a lonely burger joint, and even though his wit is lost on his eccentric family, he doesn't let that faze him. See them in Bob's Burgers.
A precocious 11-year-old, Satsuki Kusakabe is not quite as grown up as she pretends to be. See them in My Neighbor Totoro.
His nickname of 'Zero' says a lot about what other people think of him, but he's finally standing up for himself. See them in Holes.