Because you like Rose Tyler in Doctor Who
Leonard "Bones" McCoy is passionate, moral, and ready to stitch you back together. See them in Star Trek.
Count Olaf is a traveling actor, except he can't act and his homicidal tendencies make finding work pretty difficult. See them in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Samantha Jones is a try-sexual who'll try anything once. See them in Sex and the City.
Alex Danvers is a brilliant engineer tasked with alien threats, and one of those aliens is her adopted sister Supergirl. See them in Supergirl.
Hoban Washburne shows you can be a hotshot space pilot *and* play with dinosaurs. See them in Firefly.
Andy Dwyer might not be completely literate, but he makes up for it in spirit. See them in Parks and Recreation.
Offred wisely keeps her head down even as she hopes for more. Unfortunately, hope is dangerous in Gilead. See them in The Handmaid's Tale.
A powerful priestess, Melisandre is shrouded in mystery and lots of red. See them in Game of Thrones.
Aslan represents everything good and just, he's just not super reliable. See them in The Chronicles of Narnia.
A no-nonsense professor famous for her strictness, Minerva McGonagall only shows her warmer side to those closest to her. See them in Harry Potter Series.
Wendy Corduroy is the ultimate in cool in Gravity Falls. See them in Gravity Falls.
Anya Jenkins has a real harsh bark to go with her demonic bite. See them in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.