Because you like Lois Lane in Smallville

Deadpool thinks life is an endless series of train wrecks with only brief commercial-like breaks of happiness. See them in Deadpool.

Teddy Sanders loves his frat brothers so much he might never leave school. See them in Neighbors.

Everyone Barney Stinson knows is getting married or pregnant. But he's just getting more awesome. See them in How I Met Your Mother.

Hiccup Haddock III may be the only Viking nerd in recorded history. See them in How to Train Your Dragon.

Howl puts the "tortured" in tortured artist. He just wants to be recognized for his work, but no one wants to trust a boy that sorta looks like a bird. See them in Howl's Moving Castle.

Stewie Griffin is just your average evil-genius, talking, sociopathic baby. See them in Family Guy.

Other people's opinions have never mattered much to Haruka Nanase, and they aren't going to start to do so now. See them in Free! Iwatobi Swim Club.

He's a troubled insomniac in search of a moment to rest and a meaning to his existence. See them in Fight Club.

Quentin has his whole life mapped out. It might sound boring, but he likes boring. See them in Paper Towns.

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

The quiet, intense Daryl Dixon lets his crossbow do the talking. See them in The Walking Dead.

Charlie Kelmeckis is a wallflower who's starting to blossom into something more. See them in The Perks of Being a Wallflower.