Because you like Angela Hayes in American Beauty

Count Olaf is a traveling actor, except he can't act and his homicidal tendencies make finding work pretty difficult. See them in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.

Frederick Frankenstein is an eccentric (O.K., maybe a little insane) professor who is excited to be delving into his family's past. See them in Young Frankenstein.

Gordie Lachance never had any friends later on like the ones he had when I was twelve. See them in Stand By Me.

Sophia Burset will teach you how to navigate the prison world and maybe how to make cute shower shoes from commissary items too. See them in Orange Is The New Black.

Nadia Vulvokov is a no-nonsense broad with a dark sense of humor and a flippant attitude. See them in Russian Doll.

Mr. Pink doesn't tip. Enough said. See them in Reservoir Dogs.

Billy Butcher's job is to give everyone hell by any means necessary. See them in The Boys.

Michaelangelo is an above-ground crime-fighter by night, and a pizza-eating, sewer-dwelling mutant ninja turtle by day. See them in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Needles Kane says shut up and bleed. See them in Twisted Metal .

Zeratul is cryptic, mystic, and not to be messed with. See them in StarCraft .

Pro tip: the psych ward is not the best place to find a mentor like Lisa Rowe. See them in Girl, Interrupted.

Blunt, petty, neurotic, Larry David can never live and let live. See them in Curb Your Enthusiasm.