Because you like Pinky in Pinky and the Brain

Sweet, reserved, and intellectual, Cordelia Foxx would do anything for her students. See them in American Horror Story.

Khan Noonien Singh is super strong, super smart, and out for revenge. He always seems to be two steps ahead of his enemies. See them in Star Trek Into Darkness.

Timid and a bit insecure, Amy Antsler has big dreams of activism and meeting new people. She's learning it's easier said than done. See them in Booksmart.

As a psychokinetic who was raised in a lab, Eleven is finding Indiana to be a scary world. But at least she's discovered Eggo waffles. See them in Stranger Things.

Dante Alighieri is a crusader fighting his way to absolution. See them in Dante's Inferno.

Quirky teen Carly Shay is the director of her own life story. See them in iCarly.

Konata Izumi has a live-now, worry-later view of the world. See them in Lucky Star.

Daxter is half otter, half weasel, all snark. See them in Jak and Daxter.

There's erratic, and then there's Senor Chang. See them in Community.

Judge Dredd is less a man and more a living manifestation of justice. See them in Dredd.

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

Despite the dissolution of his state, Prussia hangs on – mooching off his younger brother Germany and reading comics. See them in Axis Powers Hetalia.