Because you like Solomon Northup in 12 Years a Slave

Topanga Lawrence has been a put-together intellectual since basically the moment she could talk. See them in Boy Meets World.

Good-natured, sensitive, and introspective, Mason is on a lifelong path to finding himself. See them in Boyhood.

If anyone can speak truth to power, it's Atticus Finch. With elequent monologues, he forces everyone to face hard truths. See them in To Kill a Mockingbird.

Warm and caring, Kitty Forman acts like a mom towards all of her kids' friends. See them in That '70s Show.

A compassionate medical student, Martha Jones has found a Doctor she can really look up to. See them in Doctor Who.

A bloodsucker, Carlisle Cullen is actually more likely to give you a blood infusion. See them in Twilight.

Loyal and supportive, Cece Parekh is the best friend a girl could ask for. It doesn't hurt that she's a supermodel. See them in New Girl.

Peter Venkman's "research" projects are designed to get undergraduate students to sleep with him. Though it turns out he can bust ghosts. See them in Ghostbusters.

Jack's big imagination is never limited by his incredibly cramped surroundings. See them in Room.

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

Everything is fascinating to Octavia Blake who has been locked away for her entire life. See them in The 100.

Quentin Coldwater has always suspected there was something different about him, and now he has the chance to prove it. See them in The Magicians.