Because you like Joyce Byers in Stranger Things
Carol Aird is driven to fight to make her life better, regardless the consequences. See them in Carol.
Olive Hoover is an irrepressible child beauty queen (or would-be queen) who doesn't play by your rules. See them in Little Miss Sunshine.
Stanley Barber is a loveable goofball with impeccable (if eccentric) fashion sense, unique music taste, and a wealth of strange but useful knowledge. See them in I Am Not Okay With This.
Though Twilight might be opposed to it, her new friends might just be able to teach this serious-minded pony how to relax. See them in My Little Pony.
Hughie Campbell didn't ask to be a hero, but he's tired of injustice. See them in The Boys.
Javert is an inspector with a single-minded focus: to bring criminals to justice. See them in Les Miserables.
While he might drive colleagues crazy with his antics, Jake Peralta cares about the Nine-Nine more than most things. Including personal hygiene. See them in Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
With each reboot, Janet progresses more and becomes capable of human emotions. See them in The Good Place.
Stan Marsh is a fourth grader who is the ladies man of his classroom. See them in South Park.
High school is Hell, so Allison Reynolds spends her time giving herself tattoos with ballpoint pens and shaking dandruff out of her hair. See them in The Breakfast Club.
When he’s not working at the banana stand or awkwardly hitting on his cousin, George Michael tries his best to appease his father. See them in Arrested Development.
Louis de Pointe du Lac is wanting to find a way of living that doesn't make him miserable. See them in Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles.