Because you like Solomon Northup in 12 Years a Slave

Park feels like an outsider everywhere he goes, but he doesn't know if he wants to try fitting in anymore. See them in Eleanor and Park .

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.

People make more sense to the hyper-logical Temperance Brennan after they're dead. See them in Bones.

Dallas Winston is headed down a dangerous, criminal road. See them in The Outsiders.

Sam Roth is sensitive, musically gifted, and scarred by his past. See them in Shiver .

Driven yet empathetic, Emily Prentiss brings humanity to the pursuit of inhuman killers. See them in Criminal Minds.

A bumbling hobbit, Bilbo Baggins is becoming a part of something much larger than himself as he embarks on a quest. See them in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

Emma Woodhouse knows what's best for everyone else. Just don't try to tell her what to do. See them in Emma.

The self-described "ghost with the most" knows the ins-and-outs of specter life like no other. Just ask him. See them in Beetlejuice.

Wendy Darling loves storytelling and flying. See them in Peter Pan.

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.

Don't ask Rosa Diaz, a Brooklyn detective, to lighten up. Actually, to be safe, don't ask her to do anything! See them in Brooklyn Nine-Nine.