Because you like Tommy Pickles in Rugrats

Lying is the most fun a girl like Alice can have without taking her clothes off. See them in Closer.

A girl who grew up on stories, Meggie Folchart is as loyal and intrepid as one of her fictional heroines. See them in Inkheart.

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

John Tyree has survived heavy gunfire and aggressive enemy soldiers. But can he handle a girl? See them in Dear John.

John Locke is an eerily calm, confident believer in the magic of the island that gave him his legs back. See them in Lost.

The quiet, intense Daryl Dixon lets his crossbow do the talking. See them in The Walking Dead.

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

Faced with inequality, Gale Hawthorne has a rebellious spirit that only grows. See them in The Hunger Games .

Howl puts the "tortured" in tortured artist. He just wants to be recognized for his work, but no one wants to trust a boy that sorta looks like a bird. See them in Howl's Moving Castle.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Elizabeth Bennet doesn't suffer fools or prideful men. See them in Pride & Prejudice.

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

When it comes to Haruko Haruhara, there's more to the pink-haired biker than meets the eye. See them in FLCL.