Because you like Dana Scully in The X-Files

In charge of stocking the office's supply of cigarettes and liquor, Joan Holloway could run the whole company if they would let her. See them in Mad Men.

Dev Shah is a technology-obsessed New Yorker balancing struggles in his love life and career. Maybe you've seen his Go-Gurt commercial. See them in Master of None.

Ellen Ripley defines the word "badass." When she's not leading her crew on an interstellar voyage, she's slaying terrifying creatures. See them in Alien.

Captain Spock is on a five-year mission exploring the final frontier and boldly going where no man has gone before. See them in Star Trek.

Jack Bauer is a terrorist fighter who is scared of nothing and no one. The clock is ticking! See them in 24.

Veronica Mars is a sarcastic private eye whose biggest mission is surviving high school. See them in Veronica Mars.

Cutting ties with her con-artist friends, Sarah Manning is creating a better life for her daughter by taking on the identity of the deceased Beth. See them in Orphan Black.

Claire Underwood is scary intimidating, and she knows it. See them in House of Cards.

Mr. Blonde is the undisputed leader of his pack of suited-up outlaws, with a stoic and serious demeanor, and a penchant for bloodshed. See them in Reservoir Dogs.

Elaine Benes is a tough New Yorker who can hang with the guys, and date the ones who are "sponge-worthy." See them in Seinfeld.

Cosima Niehaus loves exploring the unknown. Even her own DNA is a puzzle, waiting to be unlocked. See them in Orphan Black.

John Locke is an eerily calm, confident believer in the magic of the island that gave him his legs back. See them in Lost.