Because you like Alyx Vance in Half-Life 2

If Lisbeth Salander can hurt a bastard who deserves it by digging up stuff about him, she feels good. See them in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

Clarice Starling is patiently working with one serial killer to stop another. See them in The Silence of the Lambs.

Think you grew up fast? At 12, Mathilda is an aspiring assassin eager to avenge her family's murder. See them in Leon: The Professional.

Taking down villains, standing up to sexism, and pulling off a bright-red lipstick are all in a day's work for Agent Peggy Carter. See them in Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Lyra Belacqua is prone to getting in trouble, but she's also clever enough to get out of it. Most of the time. See them in The Golden Compass.

Yuri is living in the afterlife, which takes the form of a high school where no one dies. But if you follow the school's rules and live a "normal" life you vanish. See them in Angel Beats!.

Jenko was top dog in high school. Now he's bottom of the pack in the police academy. See them in 21 Jump Street.

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.

All the world's a stage, and Missy Piggy's never one to give up the spotlight. See them in The Muppet Movie.

Not only will Emmett Brown's time-saving gadgets help you travel with ease, his tinkering on your car will help you get wherever you need to go. Fast. See them in Back to the Future.

The self-described "ghost with the most" knows the ins-and-outs of specter life like no other. Just ask him. See them in Beetlejuice.

Shaggy might be a bit of a slacker, but his heart and his stomach are usually in the right place. See them in Scooby-Doo.