Because you like Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother

A crabby troll, Karkat Vantas is perpetually angry about his lot in life. See them in Homestuck.

A deadbeat dad and small-time con-artist, Frank Gallagher gives nothing and yet expects everything. See them in Shameless.

Beneath Lena Duchannes' prickly exterior lurks a sensitive, compassionate soul. See them in Beautiful Creatures.

Sid Jenkins is the ultimate underachiever, but he doesn't mind. Well, he pretends he doesn't. See them in Skins.

Stop calling her Powder. It’s Jinx now. Powder fell down a well. See them in Arcane.

Nadja was feminasty before it was cool. See them in What We Do In The Shadows.

Basil Hallward is dominated, soul, brain, and power by Dorian. See them in Dorian Gray.

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

Kyoya Ootori is possibly the only person who could reasonably go from VP of a school club to ruling the world. See them in Ouran High School Host Club.

An ironic hipster with a healthy dose of self-deprecation, Dave strives to be cool at all costs. See them in Homestuck.

Though Twilight might be opposed to it, her new friends might just be able to teach this serious-minded pony how to relax. See them in My Little Pony.

For Celty Sturluson, it's rather upsetting to be the only headless girl in a city filled with full-bodied humans. See them in Durarara!!.