Because you like Terence Fletcher in Whiplash

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

Simon Spier has long known that he's gay, but he doesn't know how to open up about that – even to his closest friends See them in Love, Simon.

Franklin "Mouse" Finbar is a jock paying the price for his mistake. See them in Jumanji.

Fiery and adventurous, Amy Pond is the sort of woman you'd want by your side on a journey through time and space. See them in Doctor Who.

Most kids hope for a car for their 16th birthday, but Mia Thermopolis' present is a country to rule. See them in The Princess Diaries.

Yuri is living in the afterlife, which takes the form of a high school where no one dies. But if you follow the school's rules and live a "normal" life you vanish. See them in Angel Beats!.

It's hard to tell if Dean Winchester cares more about saving the world or his 1967 Chevy Impala. See them in Supernatural.

Alison DiLaurentis believes you're always better off with a really good lie. See them in Pretty Little Liars.

Serena van der Woodsen is a wild child. Too wild, her friends and family might argue. See them in Gossip Girl.