Because you like Thomas Hauk in The Wire

A deadbeat dad and small-time con-artist, Frank Gallagher gives nothing and yet expects everything. See them in Shameless.

Randy Marsh is a geologist and Nobel Prize winner who is into binge drinking, starting riots, the Food Network, and P.F. Changs. See them in South Park.

Quint is a grizzled shark hunter with a love of the sea. See them in Jaws.

Butters Stotch is a kind-hearted student who likes ladybugs, Charlie's Angels, art class, baby-back ribs, and Little Bunny Foo Foo. See them in South Park.

Hedwig is a lost soul with a punk rock spirit. See them in Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

Can you be reckless and still be in control? Neil McCormick hopes so. See them in Mysterious Skin.

A good-natured and academically minded superhero, Dan Dreiberg can still get his hands dirty in a fight. See them in Watchmen.

Krusty The Clown somehow makes life sillier and more somber at the same time. See them in The Simpsons.

Raiden is an efficient soldier haunted by his repressed past. See them in Metal Gear Series.

Chris Miles has run out of cash, luck, and drugs. See them in Skins.

Rogue's touch is literally deadly, and she's trying to learn from the older mutants how to manager her powers. See them in X-Men Series.

Lying is the most fun a girl like Alice can have without taking her clothes off. See them in Closer.