Because you like Hikaru Sulu in Star Trek

An undercover DEA agent, Max Payne is too focused on avenging the past to plan for the future. See them in Max Payne.

Morticia Addams hates anything bright and cheery and loves all things ghoulish, ghastly, and violent. See them in The Addams Family.

Told her son will one day save the world, Sarah Connor dedicates her life to training him to do just that. See them in The Terminator.

Alex Dunphy's self-reliant intelligence comes with a healthy dash of sarcasm. See them in Modern Family.

Needles Kane says shut up and bleed. See them in Twisted Metal .

Curving free kicks and crosses is tough, but keeping her soccer passion from her disapproving family is way tougher for Jess. See them in Bend It Like Beckham.

Jin Kazama is a fearsome warrior torn between the darkness and the light. See them in Tekken .

Mr. Pink doesn't tip. Enough said. See them in Reservoir Dogs.

Billy Butcher's job is to give everyone hell by any means necessary. See them in The Boys.

Michaelangelo is an above-ground crime-fighter by night, and a pizza-eating, sewer-dwelling mutant ninja turtle by day. See them in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

The irrepressible Lucy Ricardo has never met a challenge she couldn't scheme her way into or out of. See them in I Love Lucy.

When the safety of Hyrule is at stake, Princess Zelda does not hesitate to sacrifice herself for the good of the land. See them in The Legend of Zelda.