Because you like Angelica Green in Daybreak

Sweet, reserved, and intellectual, Cordelia Foxx would do anything for her students. See them in American Horror Story.

The witty Aku would be an ideal dinner guest, if he weren't a demon. See them in Samurai Jack.

There's nothing like discovering dear old dad is a serial killer to send you into an (understandable) funk. See them in Hannibal.

Haymitch Abernathy is a trainer for the tributes of District 12, although he's never sober enough to give much advice. See them in The Hunger Games .

Underneath his preening narcissist exterior, Schmidt is, well, still kind of a preening narcissist. But he has a good heart too. See them in New Girl.

Miss Havisham is the creepiest old rich lady in town. See them in Great Expectations.

It's a mad, mad world, but Alice has a surprisingly level head as goes her own way down the rabbit hole. See them in Alice in Wonderland.

Effie Trinket is utterly enamored with all things fashion, make-up, and style. See them in The Hunger Games .

Despite the dissolution of his state, Prussia hangs on – mooching off his younger brother Germany and reading comics. See them in Axis Powers Hetalia.

Whether it's a fire or a pit of lions, there's almost no predicament that Violet Baudelaire can't get her and her siblings out of. See them in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.

Although she's only six, Hushpuppy is a tough girl ready to stand up to terrifying, pre-historic beasts after the storm. See them in Beasts of the Southern Wild.