Because you like Paul Varjak in Breakfast at Tiffany's

Jenny Flint is a devoted wife and daring crime fighter, which is pretty unconventional for a Victorian maid. See them in Doctor Who.

Angela Martin is uptight and puritanical, outside of the affair she's having with a co-worker. See them in The Office.

A neurotic people pleaser, Tom Wambsgans is both ambitious and spineless. See them in Succession.

Let's just say Sheldon Oberon is having an out-of-body experience like no other. See them in Jumanji.

Christine Daae has been secretely taking lessons from a phantom musician. It sounded less creepy in her head. See them in The Phantom of the Opera.

James Gordon happens to be the one guy in Gotham City with proper morals who doesn't also run around in a cape. See them in DC Extended Universe.

Sometimes being a supportive girlfriend like Ophelia doesn't work out too well. See them in Hamlet.

Logan Huntzberger is a daredevil, romantic, and heir to a media empire. See them in Gilmore Girls.

Green skin, pointy hat, evil cackle—this villain has it all! See them in The Wizard of Oz.

A whip-smart NYU professor who is a master of her classroom but less confident in her love life, Rachel Chu comes into her own on a trip to Singapore. See them in Crazy Rich Asians.

Kim Kelly is a high school bully who's normally in a bad mood. But there's a softer side to her. See them in Freaks and Geeks.

Free-spirited Annie Hall goes through life saying "La-di-da, la-di-da, la la." See them in Annie Hall.