Because you like Elmo in Sesame Street

Carol Peletier's credo: your strength comes from who you are, not who you used to be. See them in The Walking Dead.

Blaine Anderson is a put-together prep school boy with the voice of an angel. See them in Glee.

In charge of stocking the office's supply of cigarettes and liquor, Joan Holloway could run the whole company if they would let her. See them in Mad Men.

Elena Gilbert is the quintessential girl-next-door who gets involved with the new "boy" at school. See them in The Vampire Diaries.

Amy March blends her naturally artistic spirit with a sense of practicality. See them in Little Women.

Burton Guster is a level-headed investigator with a "Super Sniffer" nose. See them in Psych.

Suzy Bishop is only 12, but her withering stare and withdrawn personality are enough to make anyone wilt. See them in Moonrise Kingdom.

Jack Skellington is a nightmare-man with a soft heart and smooth voice. See them in The Nightmare Before Christmas.

She's a survivor of gunshots, of being buried alive, nand of paralysis. And now Beatrix Kiddo is going to make her abusers pay. See them in Kill Bill vol. 1.

It's time somebody has to take over. It might as well be Fish Mooney. See them in Gotham.

Unaware of the fact that he's a toy and made of plastic, Buzz Lightyear is a spaceman on a mission fully of snappy catch phrases. See them in Toy Story.