Because you like Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City

Blade has all the cool vampire powers with none of the weaknesses. Definitely not a guy to pick a fight with. See them in Blade.

If Lisbeth Salander can hurt a bastard who deserves it by digging up stuff about him, she feels good. See them in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

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

A hardboiled 1940s detective, Cole Phelps is haunted by his past in World War II. See them in L.A. Noire.

Casey Gardner is an angsty teenage girl with quite a bit of sass that keeps getting her in trouble. See them in Atypical.

Shrek is a nasty-on-the-surface ogre with a heart of gold and an earful of wax. See them in Shrek.

Smart but insecure, Tally Youngblood is torn between what she wants and what her society demands. See them in Uglies.

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

Chaos is what killed the dinosaurs, and there's nothing Jason "J.D." Dean loves more than chaos. See them in Heathers.

Be careful around Marie Laveau. There's no one more vengeful than a double-crossed voodoo queen. See them in American Horror Story.

The only thing Albert Wesker cares about is turning himself into a God. See them in Resident Evil Series.