Because you like Sam Montgomery in A Cinderella Story

What Troy Barnes lacks in common sense, he makes up for with heart. See them in Community.

Ethan Hunt's mission, should he chose to accept it, is to save the world from impossible threats. See them in Mission: Impossible.

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

Yukiteru is a reclusive observer who would rather watch life go by than participate in it. See them in The Future Diary.

When it comes to Haruko Haruhara, there's more to the pink-haired biker than meets the eye. See them in FLCL.

Randy Marsh is a geologist and Nobel Prize winner who is into binge drinking, starting riots, the Food Network, and P.F. Changs. See them in South Park.

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.

Effortlessly sexy, calm, and collected, Eric Northman is equally at home ripping off heads and flirting with waitresses. See them in True Blood.

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.

Raphael is a short-fused hothead who loves a good fight and some tasty pizza. See them in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

If this slick ad man doesn't like the conversation, he changes it—while drinking and smoking. See them in Mad Men.

Philip J. Fry accidentally cryogenically froze himself for a millennium. See them in Futurama.