Because you like Shay in Uglies

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

Clementine is a beacon of innocence in a dangerous, deadly world. See them in The Walking Dead (Video Game).

Finn is the world's last human who's "all about" understanding right and wrong. See them in Adventure Time.

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.

Fiona Gallagher wants to be able to give her siblings everything that they deserve because her parents aren't going to do it. See them in Shameless.

Ace pilot Asuka Langley Soryu is confident, haughty, and a little less grown-up than she pretends to be. See them in Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Adults call him troubled and kids call him crazy, but Donnie Darko is too busy following the instructions of a giant bunny rabbit to care. See them in Donnie Darko.

Orphan Bruce Wayne has a tortured soul, but he's trying his best to weed out corruption. See them in DC Extended Universe.

If you need her, Lisa Simpson will be in her room with her saxophone and a good book. See them in The Simpsons.

If you died and came back to life, and then died more times and came back, you might stop battling evil mutants. Not Jean Grey. See them in X-Men Series.

Nina Sayer finally landed the role of prima ballerina, but as tension ramps up in rehearsal, she starts losing her mind. See them in Black Swan.

In his transformation from hardened convict to moral paragon, Jean Valjean is the kind of man we should all aspire to be. See them in Les Miserables.