Because you like Catherine Linton in Wuthering Heights

Jeff Winger thinks he's too cool for school, which is a problem because he just enrolled in community college. See them in Community.

Waylon Smithers would do anything for his boss, and would love to do a few things *to* him. See them in The Simpsons.

Olivia Benson brings order to a world full of chaos. And she never forgets who she's fighting for. See them in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Lily Aldrin is a flaky but supportive kindergarten teacher and painter. See them in How I Met Your Mother.

Introspective Theodore Twombly would rather observe life than participate in it. See them in Her.

The "runt" of his biker gang, Tetsuo Shima grapples with a perpetual inferiority complex. See them in Akira.

The adventurous daughter of Port Royal's governor, Elizabeth Swann would rather conspire with pirates than sit pretty in her corset. See them in Pirates of the Caribbean: the Curse of the Black Pearl.

A compassionate medical student, Martha Jones has found a Doctor she can really look up to. See them in Doctor Who.

The biggest lesson from this inspiring teacher? Carpe diem. See them in Dead Poets Society.

Beneath Yuji Sakai's meek exterior lies an exceptionally keen mind and a strong inner will. See them in Shakugan no Shana.

With those dearest to him dead and no one to trust, Max Rockatansky is a slightly hysterical man alone on the run in a post-apocalyptic world. See them in Mad Max: Fury Road.

Sweet, reserved, and intellectual, Cordelia Foxx would do anything for her students. See them in American Horror Story.