Because you like Schmidt in New Girl

Gruff and sarcastic, Detective Harry Dresden use unconventional ways to track down perps, including using magic and the supernatural. See them in The Dresden Files.

Dipper Pines is investigating a truly strange town during the world's wildest summer vacation. See them in Gravity Falls.

Raiden is an efficient soldier haunted by his repressed past. See them in Metal Gear Series.

Gruff and efficient, Sam Fisher protects a nation that can never admit he exists. See them in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell.

If there's power in being average, Mikado Ryugamine will find it and use it. See them in Durarara!!.

Nemo is a small fish in a vast ocean, but he dreams of seeing it all. See them in Finding Nemo.

Hiccup Haddock III may be the only Viking nerd in recorded history. See them in How to Train Your Dragon.

Courteous, dangerous, and powerful, Kaname Kuran controls an entire court of vampires. Very, very pretty vampires. See them in Vampire Knight.

Years of brutal winters, foreign invasions, and crippling loneliness have left Russia's mental state far from wholly intact. See them in Axis Powers Hetalia.

Dory is more than a little forgetful, but she'll always remember to have your back. See them in Finding Nemo.

A daring hacker, Trinity is one of the few rebels who escaped the Matrix, a simulation in which most of humanity is enslaved. See them in The Matrix.

If Anna Liebert could remember her past, maybe she would know who she is. See them in Monster (TV Show).