Because you like Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol

Hiccup Haddock III may be the only Viking nerd in recorded history. See them in How to Train Your Dragon.

The star of every school production since kindergarten and the most popular girl of East High, Sharpay Evans usually gets her way. See them in High School Musical.

With a unique ability to empathize with killers, Will Graham helps society but his sanity pays the price. See them in Hannibal.

Hawkeye Pierce is a Devil-may-care Army doc who'd have the Devil laughing and drinking in five minutes flat. See them in M*A*S*H.

Accessing more than 10 percent of your brain can do strange things to anyone, and Lucy is Exhibit A. See them in Lucy.

A vampire hunter, Integra Hellsing doesn't tolerate failure, least of all her own. See them in Hellsing.

Phoenix Wright is an easygoing defense attorney who is rarely defensive. See them in Ace Attorney Series .

An off-beat dork, John Egbert is funny, inventive, and endlessly optimistic. See them in Homestuck.

Carol Peletier's credo: your strength comes from who you are, not who you used to be. See them in The Walking Dead.

Nomi Marks is a brilliant hacker with an open-minded, accepting spirit. See them in Sense8.

A charismatic and misunderstood FBI agent, Dale Cooper relies on dreams and premonitions to solve cases. See them in Twin Peaks.

After surviving a CIA mission that was supposed to kill him, ex-military man John Reese bets it all on a chance to redeem himself. See them in Person of Interest.