Because you like Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew

John Locke is an eerily calm, confident believer in the magic of the island that gave him his legs back. See them in Lost.

Clarice Starling is patiently working with one serial killer to stop another. See them in The Silence of the Lambs.

Philip J. Fry accidentally cryogenically froze himself for a millennium. See them in Futurama.

Roger is a pansexual alcoholic non-human who will happily lie, cheat and steal to get what he wants. See them in American Dad!.

Cady Heron is the new girl in town who's also new to the world of high school, period. See them in Mean Girls.

Milo Thatch is an enthusiastic researcher without cynicism. See them in Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

A Washington DC fixer, Olivia Pope can make roadblocks disappear with a single phone call. "It's handled" is her life motto. See them in Scandal.

Sophie Sheridan is a proud and independent woman who hardly ever looks before she leaps. See them in Mamma Mia!.

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

A believer in the philosophy of Nietzsche, Dwayne Hoover has taken a vow of silence until he becomes a test pilot for the Air Force. See them in Little Miss Sunshine.

Hotheaded and arrogant, Kaneda is nevertheless fiercely protective of the biker gang he leads. See them in Akira.