Because you like Irene Adler in Sherlock

For Vada Sultenfuss, it's hard to embrace growing up when you're obsessed with death. See them in My Girl.

A celestial caretaker, Amaterasu is the stuff of legends. See them in Okami.

Raiden is an efficient soldier haunted by his repressed past. See them in Metal Gear Series.

Dante Alighieri is a crusader fighting his way to absolution. See them in Dante's Inferno.

There's erratic, and then there's Senor Chang. See them in Community.

Joey Tribbiani's true passions in life are acting, sandwiches, football, sex, and asking ladies, "how you doing?" See them in Friends.

Carl Gallagher is a budding psychopath fascinated with rule breaking. See them in Shameless.

The Warden of the camp says that digging holes in the desert builds character, but Stanley Yelnats suspects there's more to it. See them in Holes.

John Locke is an eerily calm, confident believer in the magic of the island that gave him his legs back. See them in Lost.

Stoic, cynical, and independent, Homura Akemi is an alluring enigma. See them in Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

Amy Townsend rarely wakes up in the same bed twice. See them in Trainwreck.

An opportunistic fugitive-turned-bounty-hunter, Faye Valentine uses both grit and her good looks to get ahead. See them in Cowboy Bebop.