Because you like Ernie in Sesame Street

Light Yagami has a plan to make a better world, and morals won't stop him. See them in Death Note.

Joel is a hardened, jaded survivor who keeps finding things to fight for. See them in The Last of Us.

Melinda May is a woman of few words and many talents. Most of them martial. See them in Marvel Cinematic Universe.

It’s usually the good-looking, charismatic, play-by-their-own-rules types that get everyone into trouble, and Tyler Durden is Exhibit A. See them in Fight Club.

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

Accessing more than 10 percent of your brain can do strange things to anyone, and Lucy is Exhibit A. See them in Lucy.

Juno MacGuff is hoping sarcasm will get her through the stress of teenage life. And also, teenage pregnancy. See them in Juno.

Ace pilot Asuka Langley Soryu is confident, haughty, and a little less grown-up than she pretends to be. See them in Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Daenerys Targaryen will take what is hers with fire and blood. Thankfully, she has some dragons by her side. See them in Game of Thrones.

Eren Jaeger will erase the Titans from this world until not a single one remains. See them in Attack on Titan.

Scott Pilgrim's superhero suit is just a video game t-shirt and sweatbands. But this slacker is brave enough to fight all his girlfriend's evil exes. See them in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.

Smart and sensitive Sam Winchester tried to escape the family business, but ghosts have a way of haunting you. See them in Supernatural.