Because you like Lina Mayfleet in The City of Ember

Kara "Starbuck" Thrace will beat you in cards, drink you under the table, then fly circles around you in her fighter plane. See them in Battlestar Galactica.

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

She's a survivor of gunshots, of being buried alive, nand of paralysis. And now Beatrix Kiddo is going to make her abusers pay. See them in Kill Bill vol. 1.

Wolverine is a hot-blooded Canadian with an adamantium skeleton who's the best at what he does. See them in X-Men Series.

Claire Standish is a popular, perfect princess who's deeper than she seems. See them in The Breakfast Club.

When it comes to flattery, manipulation, and politics, Oswald Cobblepot can play with the best of them. See them in Gotham.

Hawkeye Pierce is a Devil-may-care Army doc who'd have the Devil laughing and drinking in five minutes flat. See them in M*A*S*H.

Quentin Coldwater has always suspected there was something different about him, and now he has the chance to prove it. See them in The Magicians.

Steve Rogers is a good soldier. But above all, he's a good man. See them in Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Joel is a hardened, jaded survivor who keeps finding things to fight for. See them in The Last of Us.

Raphael is a short-fused hothead who loves a good fight and some tasty pizza. See them in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.