Because you like Stefan Salvatore in The Vampire Diaries

Anyone who's said "Don't worry, it's just a dream" never met Freddy Krueger. See them in A Nightmare on Elm Street.

Optimus Prime is a shapeshifting sentient robot leading a team of robots to stop evil from taking over. See them in Transformers.

Pro tip: the psych ward is not the best place to find a mentor like Lisa Rowe. See them in Girl, Interrupted.

Whether it's randomly bursting into song or writing Nancy Drew fan-fiction, Jess proudly marches to the beat of her own drum. See them in New Girl.

Growing up isn't easy: Chihiro's parents turned into pigs, she's enslaved at a bathhouse for demons, and oh yeah, she's fading from existence. See them in Spirited Away.

China has five thousand years of history, and he's optimistic he'll win over the Allied Powers to the wisdom of his ways. See them in Axis Powers Hetalia.

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.

An aristocrat-turned-tomb-raider, Lara Croft does her best thinking while plunging off cliffs. See them in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

Ariel knows there's a whole other world above the sea, but exploring it comes at a big price. See them in The Little Mermaid.

A fun-loving gangster's wife, Mia Wallace is finding that fun can go too far. See them in Pulp Fiction.

Moving is hard for Coraline Jones; accidentally moving to a creepy mirror world just makes it harder. See them in Coraline.

When push comes to shove, the usually overly cautious Luigi has the heart of a hero. See them in Super Mario Bros..