Because you like Lane Kim in Gilmore Girls
Eponine is a scrappy street urchin with a bad case of unrequited love. See them in Les Miserables.
Howl puts the "tortured" in tortured artist. He just wants to be recognized for his work, but no one wants to trust a boy that sorta looks like a bird. See them in Howl's Moving Castle.
Betty Cooper seems like a sweet girl, but she also has a dark side and can go beyond what's safe or sane. See them in Archie Comics.
Living with a curse, Kyo Sohma is sick of being treated like garbage his whole life. See them in Fruits Basket.
Carl Fredricksen is a crotchety old man who may just have it in him to take one last, great adventure. See them in Up.
A few millennia in the mortal realm have caused DEATH to be quite enamored of life. See them in Discworld.
Rue is an icy prima ballerina whose obsession with perfection obscures a hidden desire to be loved. See them in Princess Tutu.
Tobias "Four" Eaton is only afraid of four things, but you should probably be afraid of him. See them in Divergent.
A caring, curious, and considerate android, Vision could crush your skull if he had to. But he'd rather not. See them in Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Cassie Sullivan is resilient and resourceful, but she's not quite as brave as she pretends to be. See them in The 5th Wave.
Blunt, petty, neurotic, Larry David can never live and let live. See them in Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Stuck somewhere between life and death, Talion is motivated by one thing only: vengeance. See them in Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor.