Because you like Mia Thermopolis in The Princess Diaries

An All-American football player, a ping pong star, and a freakishly determined runner, Forrest Gump has a ton of stories to tell. See them in Forrest Gump.

Korra is stubborn, outgoing, and faced with huge responsibilities she might not be ready for. See them in The Legend of Korra.

Brian Robeson is a true survivor through and through. See them in Hatchet.

He's the great Black Star, and he's come to assassinate you. See them in Soul Eater.

It's certainly easier to get great footage of crimes when you can guarantee they'll happen. See them in Nightcrawler.

Red doesn't like to explain herself. She wants her work to do the talking. See them in Transistor.

What Mako Mankanshoku lacks in common sense, she makes up for in sheer optimism and force of personality. See them in Kill la Kill.

Alison DiLaurentis believes you're always better off with a really good lie. See them in Pretty Little Liars.

SpongeBob SquarePants lives in a pineapple under the sea. Absorbent and yellow and porous is he. See them in SpongeBob SquarePants.

There's never a dull moment when this mischievous high-schooler gets up to his hijinks. Save Ferris! See them in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

An agile and powerful swordswoman, Saber is a dignified warrior down to her bones. See them in Fate/Stay Night.

Carl Gallagher is a budding psychopath fascinated with rule breaking. See them in Shameless.