Because you like Gregor Samsa in The Metamorphosis

Darcy Lewis is a razor-sharp scientist studying things that science can't explain. See them in Thor.

Rachel Goldberg is a drama-causing reality TV producer with the power to ruin people's lives at the click of a button. See them in UnREAL.

If this slick ad man doesn't like the conversation, he changes it—while drinking and smoking. See them in Mad Men.

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.

Growing up is hard for Carl Grimes. Growing up in a zombie apocalypse is even harder. See them in The Walking Dead.

Years of brutal winters, foreign invasions, and crippling loneliness have left Russia's mental state far from wholly intact. See them in Axis Powers Hetalia.

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.

Kevin Khatchadourian is a disturbed, affect-less teen on a dark path. See them in We Need to Talk About Kevin.

Charlie Bucket may be down-on-his-luck, but his spirits are always sky high. See them in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Mark Zuckerberg has achieved everything he's ever wanted, and he's proving to the world how brilliant he is. But happiness eludes him. See them in The Social Network.

Anger is a cantankerous hothead whose job is to get others riled up. See them in Inside Out.

Christian is a romantic who for some reason won't stop singing everything he feels. See them in Moulin Rouge.