Because you like Mia Thermopolis in The Princess Diaries

Damon Salvatore used to miss being human. Now he can't think of anything more miserable. See them in The Vampire Diaries.

The brilliant and well-adjusted Ender Wiggin is being groomed for the next generation of military leaders to fight alien invaders. See them in Ender's Game.

Though he has a brilliant mind for mathematics, Christopher has a much harder time processing the rest of the world. See them in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

Daxter is half otter, half weasel, all snark. See them in Jak and Daxter.

Dante Alighieri is a crusader fighting his way to absolution. See them in Dante's Inferno.

Amy Townsend rarely wakes up in the same bed twice. See them in Trainwreck.

Sheldon Cooper is brilliant in every way except, well, interacting with any human being. See them in The Big Bang Theory.

For somebody who won't answer questions, the enigmatic C.C. sure asks a lot of them. See them in Code Geass.

Judge Dredd is less a man and more a living manifestation of justice. See them in Dredd.

Reclusive, quiet, and seemingly emotionless, Lain Iwakura feels like an outsider in her hyper-connected world. See them in Serial Experiments Lain.

A suave womanizer, Jacob Palmer has turned seduction into a science. See them in Crazy, Stupid Love.

When it comes to Haruko Haruhara, there's more to the pink-haired biker than meets the eye. See them in FLCL.