Because you like Cookie Monster in Sesame Street

A jaded skeptic who only wants to get paid, Garrett becomes involved in bigger struggles that force him to be less self-serving. See them in Thief.

Eponine is a scrappy street urchin with a bad case of unrequited love. See them in Les Miserables.

Kara "Starbuck" Thrace will beat you in cards, drink you under the table, then fly circles around you in her fighter plane. See them in Battlestar Galactica.

A laid-back stoner, Ben Stone wasn't planning on life's ultimate responsibility. See them in Knocked Up.

Few high school students could be less concerned with labels. See them in Ouran High School Host Club.

Fiona Gallagher wants to be able to give her siblings everything that they deserve because her parents aren't going to do it. See them in Shameless.

Tony Stark's interests include cocktails, beautiful women, particle physics, and saving the world. See them in Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Simba just can't wait to be king, but he's got a lot of growing up to do first. See them in The Lion King.

For Louie C.K., comedy is tough but fatherhood is even tougher. See them in Louie.

Thankfully, Jenna Hamilton has her sense of humor and friends to get her through the endless torture that is high school. See them in Awkward..

Robbie Turner has been accused of a crime he never committed, changing the course of his life forever. See them in Atonement.

Charlie Kelmeckis is a wallflower who's starting to blossom into something more. See them in The Perks of Being a Wallflower.