Because you like Rupert Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
A girl who grew up on stories, Meggie Folchart is as loyal and intrepid as one of her fictional heroines. See them in Inkheart.
A precocious 11-year-old, Satsuki Kusakabe is not quite as grown up as she pretends to be. See them in My Neighbor Totoro.
Adults call him troubled and kids call him crazy, but Donnie Darko is too busy following the instructions of a giant bunny rabbit to care. See them in Donnie Darko.
A deadbeat dad and small-time con-artist, Frank Gallagher gives nothing and yet expects everything. See them in Shameless.
Christopher Turk is bringing his A-game to his next big challenge: becoming a surgeon. See them in Scrubs.
Lorelai Gilmore loves coffee, talking fast, flirting, movie marathons, and her daughter. See them in Gilmore Girls.
Artemis Fowl understands the way of the world. If he wins, he's a prodigy. If he loses, then he's crazy. That is how history is written. See them in Artemis Fowl.
Lois Lane's journalistic success is the result of her tenacity. She will doggedly pursue her leads until discovering the information she needs. See them in DC Extended Universe.
From secret organizations to alien attacks, Kyon's life has been one weird, unexplainable thing happening after another. See them in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.
When it comes to flattery, manipulation, and politics, Oswald Cobblepot can play with the best of them. See them in Gotham.