Because you like Marlena Rosenbluth in Water for Elephants

An off-beat dork, John Egbert is funny, inventive, and endlessly optimistic. See them in Homestuck.

Blaine Anderson is a put-together prep school boy with the voice of an angel. See them in Glee.

Trevor Phillips is an unpredictable maniac who tortures people for no reason. See them in Grand Theft Series.

Brian Griffin is the most scholarly member of the family—when he's not drunk on martinis. See them in Family Guy.

Academics weren't his strong suit. Luckily, Jesse Pinkman's street smarts are a cut above the rest. See them in Breaking Bad.

A vampire hunter, Integra Hellsing doesn't tolerate failure, least of all her own. See them in Hellsing.

Madman, murderer, or musician? No one knows the Phantom behind the mask. See them in The Phantom of the Opera.

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

Howl puts the "tortured" in tortured artist. He just wants to be recognized for his work, but no one wants to trust a boy that sorta looks like a bird. See them in Howl's Moving Castle.

Maka is determined to collect and purify 99 Kishin eggs– human souls that have been corrupted by evil– and one witch soul. See them in Soul Eater.

An exuberant prankster, Naruto Uzumaki craves acknowledgement of any kind. See them in Naruto.

Lelouch vi Britannia is a high school student by day, masked destroyer of tyrannical empires by night. See them in Code Geass.