Because you like Captain Falcon in F-Zero
Char is always thinking two or three steps ahead of the enemy. See them in Mobile Suit Gundam Series.
A fight every now and then makes Dante's life a little more interesting. See them in Devil May Cry.
A machete-wielding mass-murderer, Jason Voorhees is a terrifying blank slate. See them in Friday the 13th.
Buddy Pine is an unhinged superfan of superheroes using technology to take down his idols. See them in The Incredibles.
Fate has forced Amuro into the terrors of war, and he must use the Gundam and all of its power if he is to make it out alive. See them in Mobile Suit Gundam Series.
Waylon Smithers would do anything for his boss, and would love to do a few things *to* him. See them in The Simpsons.
Greg Heffley will be famous someday, but now he's stuck in class with morons. See them in Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
Hoban Washburne shows you can be a hotshot space pilot *and* play with dinosaurs. See them in Firefly.
A karate master/rocket scientist/squirrel, Sandy Cheeks is the only one who can clean up the other resident's messes in Bikini Bottom. See them in SpongeBob SquarePants.
Turanga Leela is the daughter of two mutants who live in the sewers below New York City. See them in Futurama.
Tony Montana makes up for his language barrier with his immense skill at cursing as loud and effectively as humanly possible. See them in Scarface.
Undercover as an average high school student, Kallen Stadtfeld is actually most at ease when the action's fast, furious, and dangerous. See them in Code Geass.