Because you like Mary Richards in The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Lily Aldrin is a flaky but supportive kindergarten teacher and painter. See them in How I Met Your Mother.

As high-strung as she is talented, Rachel Berry both marches and sings to the beat of her own drum. See them in Glee.

Gomez Addams fills his days with ghoulish and ghastly forms of recreation, enjoying life and all its pleasures to the fullest. See them in The Addams Family.

When he’s not working at the banana stand or awkwardly hitting on his cousin, George Michael tries his best to appease his father. See them in Arrested Development.

Whether it's a fire or a pit of lions, there's almost no predicament that Violet Baudelaire can't get her and her siblings out of. See them in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.

All who live know his name, and all who oppose him shall know Death. See them in Darksiders Series.

James Wilson is a compassionate doctor who willingly plays the sidekick. See them in House M.D..

Cosette is an idealistic woman whose innocence stands in contrast to her harsh childhood. See them in Les Miserables.

Britta Perry has never met a cause she couldn't passionately champion—at least for a little bit. See them in Community.

Alex Danvers is a brilliant engineer tasked with alien threats, and one of those aliens is her adopted sister Supergirl. See them in Supergirl.