Because you like Mia Thermopolis in The Princess Diaries
Puss In Boots is a suave, honorable ladies man/cat who's not above playing cute to get you to let down your guard. See them in Shrek 2.
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.
Ellie is more world-weary than most 14-year-olds. You would be too if your world was infested with zombies. See them in The Last of Us.
Leslie Knope can accomplish anything, literally anything, with a little grit and help from her office. See them in Parks and Recreation.
As an undercover cop, Schmidt is getting to relive high school as a cool kid. See them in 21 Jump Street.
Rhodes has to trust his conscience to guide him through a political struggle that could change the very shape of modern warfare. See them in Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Jim Halpert is a master at the art of making it through the work day, including participating in an office Olympics. See them in The Office.
While he might be too cool for school, Soul isn't too cool to do the right thing. See them in Soul Eater.
Sarah Ashburn lives life by the book and has trouble getting along with anyone who doesn't do the same. See them in The Heat.
Years of brutal winters, foreign invasions, and crippling loneliness have left Russia's mental state far from wholly intact. See them in Axis Powers Hetalia.
China has five thousand years of history, and he's optimistic he'll win over the Allied Powers to the wisdom of his ways. See them in Axis Powers Hetalia.
Orphan Bruce Wayne has a tortured soul, but he's trying his best to weed out corruption. See them in DC Extended Universe.