Because you like Buttercup in The Princess Bride
A weather-controlling mutant, Storm doesn't just use her powers to ruin Magneto's day with unexpected showers. She is truly a badass. See them in X-Men Series.
Simon Belmont is a vampire hunter bravely carrying on the family business. See them in Castlevania.
Call her. Beep her. If anyone's in trouble, Kim Possible is there. See them in Kim Possible.
Jacob Black is the boy next door who's also the wolf next door. See them in Twilight.
Susan Pevensie is sensible, practical, and fiercely protective of those she loves. See them in The Chronicles of Narnia.
Xander Harris' life motto: laugh in the face of danger and then hide until it goes away. See them in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
This beautiful aesthete wins the hearts of both ladies and men. But Dorian Gray also happens to have his soul sealed in a painting. See them in Dorian Gray.
Arwen has to choose between a life of loneliness or love and inevitible death, both rather unfortunate options. See them in The Lord of the Rings.
Dorothy Gale is a down-home Kansas girl in a bizarre fantasy land with beautiful red shoes. See them in The Wizard of Oz.
James T. Kirk is more than ready to face the final frontier. See them in Star Trek.