Because you like Christopher John Francis Boone in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Charlie Bucket may be down-on-his-luck, but his spirits are always sky high. See them in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Count Olaf is a traveling actor, except he can't act and his homicidal tendencies make finding work pretty difficult. See them in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Christian is a romantic who for some reason won't stop singing everything he feels. See them in Moulin Rouge.
Finn pulled off the impossible: he quit life as a Stormtrooper. Unfortunately, life only got more complicated after that. See them in Star Wars Series.
Underneath her brassy, sarcastic exterior, Olive Penderghast is more sensitive than she pretends to be. See them in Easy A.
If you died and came back to life, and then died more times and came back, you might stop battling evil mutants. Not Jean Grey. See them in X-Men Series.
When the going gets tough, Dre Johnson gets tougher. Well, he'd like to think he does. See them in Blackish.
Hoban Washburne shows you can be a hotshot space pilot *and* play with dinosaurs. See them in Firefly.
Donna Pinciotti is strong, independent, and empathetic. No one messes with her. See them in That '70s Show.
Terry Jeffords (and his muscles) may look ferocious, but inside he's just a caring mama hen. See them in Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
Jeff Winger thinks he's too cool for school, which is a problem because he just enrolled in community college. See them in Community.
Therese Belivet spent her life letting other people guide her along, and she wants to take control now. See them in Carol.