Because you like Cordelia Foxx in American Horror Story

Clank is the quintessential rational, intelligent robot sidekick. See them in Ratchet & Clank.

Altair Ibn-La'Ahad is as much a philosopher and detective as he is a killer. He takes nothing at face value and continually searches for deeper truths. See them in Assassin's Creed Series.

Raz is a 10-year-old boy who mostly stays in his own head, which makes sense since that's where he is strongest. See them in Psychonauts.

Noah Calhoun is lost without Allie, who seems to have moved on. See them in The Notebook.

Kara "Starbuck" Thrace will beat you in cards, drink you under the table, then fly circles around you in her fighter plane. See them in Battlestar Galactica.

Raised to happily follow the rules, Cassia might actually be more rebellious than she thinks she is. See them in Matched .

An underdog with nothing left to lose, Donnie Creed has everything to prove. See them in Creed.

While Alan Garner is loyal to his new friends, his efforts to help them often do more harm than good. See them in The Hangover.

Everyone Barney Stinson knows is getting married or pregnant. But he's just getting more awesome. See them in How I Met Your Mother.

Dr. Gordon Freeman is a brilliant physicist is a quiet hero. And given all the violent aliens, he better be. See them in Half-Life.