Because you like Misaki Nakahara in Welcome to the NHK

An off-beat dork, John Egbert is funny, inventive, and endlessly optimistic. See them in Homestuck.

This lab mouse has one thing on his huge brain: trying to take over the world on a nightly basis. See them in Pinky and the Brain.

In a rag-tag group of kids determined to take down the imperialistic Fire Lord, Katara is the glue that holds them together. See them in Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Few high school students could be less concerned with labels. See them in Ouran High School Host Club.

This bite-sized, power-hungry plankton is determined to uncover the secret recipe for the Krusty Krab burger. See them in SpongeBob SquarePants.

The son of Death has an obsession with perfection and symmetry. See them in Soul Eater.

A karate master/rocket scientist/squirrel, Sandy Cheeks is the only one who can clean up the other resident's messes in Bikini Bottom. See them in SpongeBob SquarePants.

The Ice King is lonely and looking for a princess to sweep him off his feet. See them in Adventure Time.

Insightful about everyone else's neuroses, Rose Lalonde is not as aware of her own. See them in Homestuck.

Bad-ass Rayne has sworn her life to finding and destroying her vampire dad, Kagan, and killing as many other vampires as she can in the bargain. See them in BloodRayne .