Because you like Tatsuhiro Sato in Welcome to the NHK
Daria Morgendorffer is so defensive that she actively works to make people dislike her so that she don't feel bad when they do. See them in Daria.
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.
Knuckles the Echidna is a 16-year-old red echidna (aka a spiny anteater) and guardian of the ancient Master Emerald. See them in Sonic the Hedgehog.
Where Ash comes from, food and shelter pay for themselves. Even as a penniless vagrant, he is able to pursue his dream of becoming a Pokémon Master See them in Pokemon.
Michael Kelso gets by on his good looks and his openhearted nature. See them in That '70s Show.
Ciri had a princess upbringing, and some of the facts of common people's lives are a mystery to her. See them in The Witcher.
A hardboiled 1940s detective, Cole Phelps is haunted by his past in World War II. See them in L.A. Noire.
Stoic, cynical, and brilliant, Solid Snake was genetically engineered to be the perfect soldier. See them in Metal Gear Series.
Growing up isn't easy: Chihiro's parents turned into pigs, she's enslaved at a bathhouse for demons, and oh yeah, she's fading from existence. See them in Spirited Away.
Otis Milburn's mom is a sex therapist, which doesn't help when it comes to being bullied at school. See them in Sex Education.
Mrs. Lovett is the proud purveyor of the worst, and most grisly, pies in London. See them in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
