Because you like George Costanza in Seinfeld

Relentlessly cheerful and optimistic, Erin Hannon is an office receptionist. See them in The Office.

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

James T. Kirk is more than ready to face the final frontier. See them in Star Trek.

Although Penny's friends have genius-level IQs, they regularly come to her for advice and insight. See them in The Big Bang Theory.

As an undercover cop, Schmidt is getting to relive high school as a cool kid. See them in 21 Jump Street.

As a doctor-in-training, John Dorian should have his head in the game. But most of the time, it's in the clouds. See them in Scrubs.

Carrie Bradshaw is a sex columnist addicted to expensive shoes, Cosmopolitan martinis, and unavailable men. See them in Sex and the City.

Jason Bourne is suffering amnesia, but considering what he's done as a CIA assassin, maybe that's for the best. See them in The Bourne Identity.

Philip J. Fry accidentally cryogenically froze himself for a millennium. See them in Futurama.

Stoic, cynical, and brilliant, Solid Snake was genetically engineered to be the perfect soldier. See them in Metal Gear Series.

A karate master/rocket scientist/squirrel, Sandy Cheeks is the only one who can clean up the other resident's messes in Bikini Bottom. See them in SpongeBob SquarePants.