Because you like Stephen Dedalus in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Just call Jeff Lebowski The Dude. Or His Dudeness, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into that whole brevity thing. See them in The Big Lebowski.

Javert is an inspector with a single-minded focus: to bring criminals to justice. See them in Les Miserables.

Handsome Jack is wearing a mask of his own face to hide his scarred real one. See them in Borderlands Series.

M. Bison is a diabolical megalomaniac hell-bent on dominating the world. See them in Street Fighter.

Mike Ehrmantraut is rutheless, merciless, and probably the most endearing hitman you've ever met. See them in Breaking Bad.

Cyclops shoots lasers out of his eyes, destroying anything in his line of sight. See them in X-Men Series.

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 .

In his transformation from hardened convict to moral paragon, Jean Valjean is the kind of man we should all aspire to be. See them in Les Miserables.

A cruel pirate, Captain Hook still fancies himself a gentleman. See them in Peter Pan.

A devoted butler, Alfred Pennyworth is both a fiercely protective guardian and a lethal gunman. See them in Gotham.

Despite the undeniably awful turn her life has taken, Rachel handles herself with remarkable grace. See them in Me and Earl and the Dying Girl .

He may be one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, but War still maintains a strong sense of honor. See them in Darksiders Series.