Because you like Beverly Crusher in Star Trek: The Next Generation

Elaine Benes is a tough New Yorker who can hang with the guys, and date the ones who are "sponge-worthy." See them in Seinfeld.

If there's any hope of resolving things peacefully, this proud ape leader will have to trust the humans. See them in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.

In his transformation from hardened convict to moral paragon, Jean Valjean is the kind of man we should all aspire to be. See them in Les Miserables.

If Jack Torrance is one of his moods, you'll be the unlucky victim of the most bone-chilling, sinister yellers around. Bring your own axe. See them in The Shining.

Park feels like an outsider everywhere he goes, but he doesn't know if he wants to try fitting in anymore. See them in Eleanor and Park .

Cutting ties with her con-artist friends, Sarah Manning is creating a better life for her daughter by taking on the identity of the deceased Beth. See them in Orphan Black.

Brilliant but self-destructive, Lip Gallagher spends more time stirring up trouble than hitting the books. See them in Shameless.

Although Penny's friends have genius-level IQs, they regularly come to her for advice and insight. See them in The Big Bang Theory.

A house elf, Dobby is loyal, compassionate, and yearning for freedom. See them in Harry Potter Series.

Charles Xavier is a telepath who believes mutants and humans are both good at heart and can live in harmony. See them in X-Men Series.

Fiery, intelligent, and opinionated, Jo March rebels against the restrictions of her era. See them in Little Women.

Diana Prince is using a truth-telling lasso and super-strength to make Earth a little more like Paradise. See them in DC Extended Universe.