Because you like Artemis Fowl in Artemis Fowl
Carol Aird is driven to fight to make her life better, regardless the consequences. See them in Carol.
The only defense Earth has against alien invaders are giant robots in the hands of pilots like Kaworu. See them in Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Andrea Sachs' boss is not happy unless everyone around her is panicked, nauseous or suicidal. See them in The Devil Wears Prada.
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.
Don't mess with Mickey Milkovich unless you want to see the wrong side of one of his many guns. See them in Shameless.
Don't underestimate Maggie Greene. She's a farm girl with a mission. See them in The Walking Dead.
The last war left his economy devastated, and now Germany is engaged in another war and stuck with two barely trained allies for help. See them in Axis Powers Hetalia.
Phoebe Halliwell is a bestselling author and martial arts master with power of premonitions. See them in Charmed.
Yuri is living in the afterlife, which takes the form of a high school where no one dies. But if you follow the school's rules and live a "normal" life you vanish. See them in Angel Beats!.
Mitchell Pritchett prefers to have a place for everything and everything in its place. See them in Modern Family.
The vampire that killed Zero Kiryu's family also infected him, and he starts to crave blood, much to his horror. See them in Vampire Knight.
Serena van der Woodsen is a wild child. Too wild, her friends and family might argue. See them in Gossip Girl.