Because you like Captain Hook in Once Upon a Time

Stuck on a lifeboat with zoo animals without food and fresh water, Pi Patel uses his intelligence to face the greatest test of all: survival. See them in Life of Pi.

Amber Holt is perpetually caught between forging her own path and stumbling around in the dark. See them in Parenthood.

Raz is a 10-year-old boy who mostly stays in his own head, which makes sense since that's where he is strongest. See them in Psychonauts.

Sam Weir lives for the simple things in life: watching Saturday Night Live and reading comic books. See them in Freaks and Geeks.

Red doesn't like to explain herself. She wants her work to do the talking. See them in Transistor.

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.

Usagi Tsukino may look like a lazy teen, but when Usagi conjures up her alter ego and calls her Sailor Scout team, no villain stands a chance. See them in Sailor Moon.

Sookie Stackhouse is a waitress who can read minds and break hearts. See them in True Blood.

Although she's only six, Hushpuppy is a tough girl ready to stand up to terrifying, pre-historic beasts after the storm. See them in Beasts of the Southern Wild.

Clay Jensen's friend Hannah is gone, and he is determined to find out why even if that brings him pain. See them in Thirteen Reasons Why .

Ramona Flowers is a delivery girl who's been through her fair share of bad breakups. Super-bad breakups! See them in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.

Tobias "Four" Eaton is only afraid of four things, but you should probably be afraid of him. See them in Divergent.