Because you like Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol

The Warden of the camp says that digging holes in the desert builds character, but Stanley Yelnats suspects there's more to it. See them in Holes.

Eddie Brock is a big-hearted investigative journalist who is going through the world's weirdest identity crisis. See them in Venom.

All Catelyn Stark wants is to keep her family safe, but life in Westeros makes it nearly impossible. See them in Game of Thrones.

Dr. Gordon Freeman is a brilliant physicist is a quiet hero. And given all the violent aliens, he better be. See them in Half-Life.

Riley Blue is trying to outrun her bad luck, but she might not be fast enough. See them in Sense8.

As high-strung as she is talented, Rachel Berry both marches and sings to the beat of her own drum. See them in Glee.

James Wilson is a compassionate doctor who willingly plays the sidekick. See them in House M.D..

A formerly adventurous playboy, Will Traynor has become cynical by what life has thrown at him. See them in Me Before You.

Realizing that New York City was in his blood, Wilson Fisk will now do anything to make Hell's Kitchen a better place. See them in Marvel Cinematic Universe.

An all-business doc , Miranda Bailey dispenses tough love to the interns she trains. Emphasis on "tough." See them in Grey's Anatomy.

This suave con-man doesn't just want to become rich. Danny Ocean wants to rip off the guy who stole his wife in the biggest Vegas con. See them in Ocean's Eleven.

Liesel Meminger is trying to ease the suffering of those around her, German and Jew alike. See them in The Book Thief.