Because you like Merry Brandybuck in The Lord of the Rings

Lady Macbeth takes being a powerful woman to a whole other level. See them in Macbeth.

Maurice Moss is a dedicated IT guy who even talks like a computer. See them in The IT Crowd.

Kara "Starbuck" Thrace will beat you in cards, drink you under the table, then fly circles around you in her fighter plane. See them in Battlestar Galactica.

Sophisticated and aloof, Darcy couldn’t care less about marriage, despite women throwing themselves upon him with wishes of matrimony. See them in Pride & Prejudice.

Amy March blends her naturally artistic spirit with a sense of practicality. See them in Little Women.

Number Five is a 58-year-old man trapped in his 13-year-old body. See them in The Umbrella Academy.

Olive Hoover is an irrepressible child beauty queen (or would-be queen) who doesn't play by your rules. See them in Little Miss Sunshine.

Despite being at the bottom of the social hierarchy in school, Eric Effiong is an upbeat student who loves makeup and fashion. See them in Sex Education.

Underneath his preening narcissist exterior, Schmidt is, well, still kind of a preening narcissist. But he has a good heart too. See them in New Girl.

Ash Williams is a houseware clerk at S-Mart and the Chosen One. See them in The Evil Dead.

Headstrong and sarcastic, Max Mayfield is a force for awkward middle school boys to contend with. See them in Stranger Things.