Because you like Cookie Monster in Sesame Street

Clank is the quintessential rational, intelligent robot sidekick. See them in Ratchet & Clank.

Beth March is the glue that holds her family together. See them in Little Women.

A Vietnam vet, Travis Bickle spends his days driving his taxi and watching porn flicks. See them in Taxi Driver.

There isn't a man in the world who executes his job with more finesse than Monsieur Gustave H. See them in The Grand Budapest Hotel.

Nemo is a small fish in a vast ocean, but he dreams of seeing it all. See them in Finding Nemo.

Yippee-ki-yay! John McClane doesn't go down without a fight. See them in Die Hard.

If this slick ad man doesn't like the conversation, he changes it—while drinking and smoking. See them in Mad Men.

Elio Perlman likes the piano, peaches, and his father's new research assistant a little too much. See them in Call Me by Your Name.

When dealing with a half-demon partner and a world of violence, Kagome Higurashi has plenty of chances for her true courage to shine. See them in Inuyasha.

Raven Reyes may be a deliquent, but she's also the youngest zero-gravity mechanic who fixed a 130-year old escape pod to make it through the descent to Earth. See them in The 100.

There's nothing like discovering dear old dad is a serial killer to send you into an (understandable) funk. See them in Hannibal.

Osha is a savvy Wildling in an increasingly wild world. See them in Game of Thrones.