Because you like Zim in Invader Jim
Franklin "Mouse" Finbar is a jock paying the price for his mistake. See them in Jumanji.
Count Olaf is a traveling actor, except he can't act and his homicidal tendencies make finding work pretty difficult. See them in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.
N'Jadaka is a righteous man with a violent agenda. See them in Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Michaelangelo is an above-ground crime-fighter by night, and a pizza-eating, sewer-dwelling mutant ninja turtle by day. See them in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Hughie Campbell didn't ask to be a hero, but he's tired of injustice. See them in The Boys.
Buddy Pine is an unhinged superfan of superheroes using technology to take down his idols. See them in The Incredibles.
Freddie Freeman is a superhero aficionado with a dark sense of humor. See them in DC Extended Universe.
The cutest kitty this side of the galaxy, Nepeta Leijon is mischievous, caring, and obsessed with romance. See them in Homestuck.
Wheatley's got an endless supply of bad ideas that he wants to share. See them in Portal Series.
There are a lot of rules in their society for women like Emily Dickinson. But Emily is a rule-breaker. See them in Dickinson.
Be careful around Marie Laveau. There's no one more vengeful than a double-crossed voodoo queen. See them in American Horror Story.