Because you like Buttercup in The Princess Bride
The star of every school production since kindergarten and the most popular girl of East High, Sharpay Evans usually gets her way. See them in High School Musical.
An aristocrat-turned-tomb-raider, Lara Croft does her best thinking while plunging off cliffs. See them in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.
Thor is Asgardian nobility who is tickled by how us earthlings live. See them in Marvel Cinematic Universe.
A few millennia in the mortal realm have caused DEATH to be quite enamored of life. See them in Discworld.
For Dana Scully, sometimes looking for extreme possibilities makes you blind to the probable explanation right in front of you. See them in The X-Files.
Willow Rosenberg may be a witch who can defeat the forces of evil, but she still gets emotional over kittens on the Internet. See them in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Although life in a post-apocalyptic world is far from easy, Julie Grigio maintains her sense of humor. See them in Warm Bodies.
Don't tell anyone Kate Austen was under arrest when the plane crashed. See them in Lost.
Father to a murdered son and husband to a murdered wife, Maximus Decimus Meridius will have his vengeance. See them in Gladiator.
Faith has a chip on her shoulder and a stake in her hand to slay vampires in her town. See them in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.