Because you like Jacob Jankowski in Water for Elephants
Lyra Belacqua is prone to getting in trouble, but she's also clever enough to get out of it. Most of the time. See them in The Golden Compass.
Raj Koothrappali is an astrophysicist who sees stars when he feebly tries to chat up women. See them in The Big Bang Theory.
Anger is a cantankerous hothead whose job is to get others riled up. See them in Inside Out.
Tony Stonem is the golden boy of Bristol. Problem is, he knows it. See them in Skins.
Eponine is a scrappy street urchin with a bad case of unrequited love. See them in Les Miserables.
Park feels like an outsider everywhere he goes, but he doesn't know if he wants to try fitting in anymore. See them in Eleanor and Park .
Introspective Theodore Twombly would rather observe life than participate in it. See them in Her.
Formerly a "sweater-set-wearing, mojito-drinking sorority girl", Paige Collins is now a successful sculptor with slight memory loss. See them in The Vow.
Kenzo Tenma would have never guessed that ten-year-old he saved would later become a deadly serial killer intent on "thanking" him. See them in Monster (TV Show).