Because you like Akeelah Anderson in Akeelah and the Bee

Adults call him troubled and kids call him crazy, but Donnie Darko is too busy following the instructions of a giant bunny rabbit to care. See them in Donnie Darko.

In his transformation from hardened convict to moral paragon, Jean Valjean is the kind of man we should all aspire to be. See them in Les Miserables.

Carl Fredricksen is a crotchety old man who may just have it in him to take one last, great adventure. See them in Up.

Daria Morgendorffer is so defensive that she actively works to make people dislike her so that she don't feel bad when they do. See them in Daria.

Armin Arlert was wrong. This world hasn't become hell; it's been hell. He just couldn't see it before. See them in Attack on Titan.

Few high school students could be less concerned with labels. See them in Ouran High School Host Club.

Light Yagami has a plan to make a better world, and morals won't stop him. See them in Death Note.

Maka is determined to collect and purify 99 Kishin eggs– human souls that have been corrupted by evil– and one witch soul. See them in Soul Eater.

Mikasa Ackerman is a near-perfect soldier who won't break her stone-faced expression whether she's killing foes or protecting loved ones. See them in Attack on Titan.

A vain and arrogant womanizer, Roy Mustang has hidden depths. See them in Fullmetal Alchemist.

Where Ash comes from, food and shelter pay for themselves. Even as a penniless vagrant, he is able to pursue his dream of becoming a Pokémon Master See them in Pokemon.

Finn pulled off the impossible: he quit life as a Stormtrooper. Unfortunately, life only got more complicated after that. See them in Star Wars Series.