Because you like Christopher John Francis Boone in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Spike Spiegel is a bounty-hunter with a laidback style and lightning-quick moves. See them in Cowboy Bebop.
Morticia Addams hates anything bright and cheery and loves all things ghoulish, ghastly, and violent. See them in The Addams Family.
Most kids hope for a car for their 16th birthday, but Mia Thermopolis' present is a country to rule. See them in The Princess Diaries.
Clarice Starling is patiently working with one serial killer to stop another. See them in The Silence of the Lambs.
It's a mad, mad world, but Alice has a surprisingly level head as goes her own way down the rabbit hole. See them in Alice in Wonderland.
A scary monster on the outside, James P. Sullivan is really a softie on the inside. See them in Monsters, Inc..
Be careful around Marie Laveau. There's no one more vengeful than a double-crossed voodoo queen. See them in American Horror Story.
Nancy Wheeler is popular but independent, sheltered but gutsy. See them in Stranger Things.
Peter Pevensie shows as much courage as a child king as he did under The Blitz of London. See them in The Chronicles of Narnia.
Kiara Carrera is a hippie socialist who likes sea turtles more than people. See them in Outer Banks.
Vincent Vega likes a good steak, a cheap milkshake, and killing a target without anything going wrong. See them in Pulp Fiction.
The son of Death has an obsession with perfection and symmetry. See them in Soul Eater.