Because you like Janice Soprano in The Sopranos

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.

Stella Grant is an organized, orderly optimist living with a dangerous disease. See them in Five Feet Apart.

A jealous woman is dangerous. A jealous assassin woman like Elle Driver is even more so. See them in Kill Bill vol. 1.

Marv is a brutish but principled thug who'd be right at home on an ancient battlefield. See them in Sin City.

After becoming accepted into the group of popular girls, Tracy Freeland has turned from a sweet and reserved teenager into a monster. See them in thirteen.

Wanderer is a Soul, a parasite sent into a host to take over their body, extracting information from them and colonizing their species. See them in The Host.

Sam Montgomery works hard, but her evil stepmother makes sure her efforts don't pay off. See them in A Cinderella Story.

Bookish and socially anxious, Ruby Roundhouse is a teenager turned action heroine. See them in Jumanji.

Lazy and cynical‚ Bernard Black is the ultimate curmudgeon. See them in Black Books.

Gordie Lachance never had any friends later on like the ones he had when I was twelve. See them in Stand By Me.

Frederick Frankenstein is an eccentric (O.K., maybe a little insane) professor who is excited to be delving into his family's past. See them in Young Frankenstein.