Because you like Martha Jones in Doctor Who

Chicken resterauntier by day and drug overlord by night, Gus Fring doesn't let the stress of living a double life get to him. See them in Breaking Bad.

Deadpool thinks life is an endless series of train wrecks with only brief commercial-like breaks of happiness. See them in Deadpool.

Though she has the normal insecurities of a 15-year-old, Aurora is both courageous and empathetic. See them in Maleficent.

Despite the dissolution of his state, Prussia hangs on – mooching off his younger brother Germany and reading comics. See them in Axis Powers Hetalia.

Buttercup is a farm girl turned princess who'd do anything to have her old life back. See them in The Princess Bride.

After surviving a CIA mission that was supposed to kill him, ex-military man John Reese bets it all on a chance to redeem himself. See them in Person of Interest.

Ted Mosby is a hopelessly romantic architect in search of someone to be the mother of his children. See them in How I Met Your Mother.

Sylar's victims are found all over the country, many with their brains removed. See them in Heroes.

Mac is a karate-chopping, beer-chugging schemer. See them in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia .

The self-described "ghost with the most" knows the ins-and-outs of specter life like no other. Just ask him. See them in Beetlejuice.

Gordie Lachance never had any friends later on like the ones he had when I was twelve. See them in Stand By Me.