Because you like Omar Little in The Wire

Kumar Patel is always high, always hungry for sliders. See them in Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle.

Samantha Jones is a try-sexual who'll try anything once. See them in Sex and the City.

Walter White's knowledge of chemistry allows him to cook astoundingly pure meth, leading to a rapid – albeit tumultuous – rise in the criminal drug world. See them in Breaking Bad.

Terence Fletcher is a brutal and unflinchingly strict music teacher hell-bent on whipping his students into shape. See them in Whiplash.

It's impossible to say whether Winifred Burkle is cuter than she is smart, or vice versa. See them in Angel.

Gruff and sarcastic, Detective Harry Dresden use unconventional ways to track down perps, including using magic and the supernatural. See them in The Dresden Files.

For Dana Scully, sometimes looking for extreme possibilities makes you blind to the probable explanation right in front of you. See them in The X-Files.

Talking to a stranger on a train is the best decision Jesse Wallace ever made. See them in Before Sunrise.

Don't tell anyone Kate Austen was under arrest when the plane crashed. See them in Lost.

Meat Boy tenaciously throws himself into danger, and when he fails, he immediately gets back up and tries again. See them in Super Meat Boy.