Because you like Calvin Palmer in Barbershop
Ash Williams is a houseware clerk at S-Mart and the Chosen One. See them in The Evil Dead.
Tidus is upbeat, carefree, and desperate not to become his father. See them in Final Fantasy Series.
Simon Belmont is a vampire hunter bravely carrying on the family business. See them in Castlevania.
Olive Hoover is an irrepressible child beauty queen (or would-be queen) who doesn't play by your rules. See them in Little Miss Sunshine.
Armed guards, FBI agents, notorious serial killers – Hannibal Lecter has bested them all, with time to finish dessert afterwards. See them in The Silence of the Lambs.
It's certainly easier to get great footage of crimes when you can guarantee they'll happen. See them in Nightcrawler.
Cat Grant gets what she wants: a piping hot latte or an interview with Supergirl. See them in Supergirl.
SpongeBob SquarePants lives in a pineapple under the sea. Absorbent and yellow and porous is he. See them in SpongeBob SquarePants.
Although Penny's friends have genius-level IQs, they regularly come to her for advice and insight. See them in The Big Bang Theory.
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.
Sam Montgomery works hard, but her evil stepmother makes sure her efforts don't pay off. See them in A Cinderella Story.