Nemesis (disambiguation)

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Nemesis is a Greek mythological spirit of divine retribution against those who succumb to hubris. Nemesis may also refer to:

Outer space

Nemesis (hypothetical star), a proposed dwarf star or brown dwarf in Sun's extreme outer orbit
128 Nemesis, an asteroid of the main belt

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

Characters

Holocaust (Marvel Comics), comic book character also known as Nemesis
Nemesis (Alpha Flight), comic book characters affiliated with Alpha Flight
Nemesis (DC Comics), comic book character
Nemesis (Resident Evil), a.k.a. the Pursuer, a fictional character in Resident Evil universe
Nemesis (Ultraverse), a Malibu Comics and Marvel Comics character
Nemesis, a recurring character in the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Nemesis, the leader of the Terrakors in the cartoon Robotix
Nemesis, a character in the cartoon The Smurfs
Nemesis, a god and the main antagonist from the game Black & White
Nemesis, an arch-enemy in Catacomb Fantasy Trilogy
Nemesis, a monster in the 2008 home video game Dark Sector by Digital Extremes
Nemesis, character in Adventures into the Unknown stories
Nemesis, comic book character in Wildcats
Nemesis, character created by author Jeremy Robinson
Nemesis, one of the main antagonists from the video game Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Others

Nemesis, a fictional planet in the Sailor Moon Japanese adventure series
Nemesis, an elite German squadron in Secret Weapons Over Normandy
Nemesis, the UN organisation The Champions worked for in the 1960s British television spy drama
Nemesis, a transformation weapon in To Love-Ru Darkness
Nemesis, a space ship in H. Beam Piper's 1963 novel Space Viking
Nemesis (Icon Comics), a comic book series and character from Marvel's Icon imprint, written by Mark Millar, with art by Steve McNiven
Nemesis the Warlock, a comic series by Pat Mills and Kevin O'Neill

Film

Nemesis (1920 film), Italian silent film
Nemesis (1992 film), American science fiction film
Nemesis (2010 film), German film
Nemesis (2020 film), Swiss documentary
Nemesis (2021 film), British thriller
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), the 10th Star Trek movie

Games

Nemesis (draughts player), a checkers engine
Gradius (video game), a 1985 arcade game known outside Japan as Nemesis
- Nemesis (Game Boy), a 1990 Game Boy game, part of the Gradius series
Nemesis, a story arc and 2000 expansion set of the fantasy collectible card game, Magic: The Gathering Masques Bloock expansion set
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, a 1999 video game by Capcom
Zork Nemesis, a 1996 PC based adventure game
Nemesis, a villain faction or one of the aliases of its leader, Gerhardt Eisenstadt, in the MMORPG franchise, City of Heroes
Nemesis (board game), a 2018 board game by Awakened Realms

Literature

Nemesis (Angel novel), a 2004 novel based on the Angel series
Nemesis (Asimov novel), a 1989 science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov
Nemesis (Christie novel), a 1971 detective novel by Agatha Christie
Nemesis (Davis novel), a 2010 historical crime novel by Lindsey Davis
Nemesis (Momen play), a 1944 play by Nurul Momen
Nemesis (Nesbø novel), a 2002 crime novel in the Harry Hole series
Nemesis (Nobel play), an 1896 play by Alfred Nobel
Nemesis (Roth novel), a 2010 dramatic novel by Philip Roth
"Exile of the Eons", a 1950 Arthur C. Clarke science fiction short story, later called "Nemesis"
Nemesis Saga (Robinson novels), since 2012 a series of novels and graphic novels by Jeremy Robinson
Nemesis, a 1989 fantasy novel in the Indigo series by Louise Cooper
Nemesis, a 2004 fantasy series by Wolfgang Hohlbein
Nemesis, a 1989 horror novel by Shaun Hutson
"Nemesis'", a poem by H. P. Lovecraft in Collected Poems
Nemesis, a 1998 science fiction thriller by Bill Napier
Nemesis, by James Swallow, Book 13 in the Horus Heresy book series
Nemesis, a 2000 Magic: The Gathering novel by Paul B. Thompson

Music

Groups and labels

Nemesis (Bangladeshi band), a Bangladeshi alternative rock band
Nemesis (duo), a pop music duo made up of twin brothers Jacob and Joshua Miller
Nemesis (electronic music band), a Finnish music group
Nemesis (rap crew), a rap crew from Dallas, Texas
Nemesis (South Korean band), a South Korean rock band

Albums and EPs

Nemesis (Grip Inc. album)
Nemesis (Stratovarius album), 2013
Nemesis (Two Steps from Hell album), 2007
Nemesis (EP), 2016 EP by Bridgit Mendler
Nemesis, 2014 album from Jayce Lewis's Protafield
Nemesis, 2012 album from Azaghal

Songs

"Nemesis", a song by Arch Enemy on the album Doomsday Machine
"Nemesis", a song by Benjamin Clementine on the album, At Least for Now
"Nemesis", a song by Cradle of Filth on the album Nymphetamine
"Nemesis", a song by Earth Crisis on the album Slither
"Nemesis", a song by Emmure on the album Eternal Enemies
"Nemesis", a song by Fossils on the album Fossils
"Nemesis", a song by David Gray on the album Draw the Line
"Nemesis", a song by Aaron Parks on the album Invisible Cinema
"Nemesis", a song by Shriekback on the album Oil & Gold
"Nemesis", a song by VNV Nation on the album Judgement

Television

"Nemesis" (Adventure Time), a 2014 TV episode
Nemesis (Japanese TV series), a 2021 Japanese drama starring Sho Sakurai
Hunted (2012 TV series), a British-American TV spy drama from BBC and Cinemax, previously titled Nemesis
"Nemesis" (Star Trek: Voyager), episode 4 of season 4 of the 1995 science fiction series
"Nemesis" (Stargate SG-1), episode 22 of season 3 of the 1997 science fiction series
"The Nemesis" (The Amazing World of Gumball) a 2015 TV episode
Nemesis (Australian TV series), a 3-part Australian ABC television documentary on the Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison governments.

Defense and military

Operation Nemesis, a 1920s Armenian military operation
AN/AAQ-24 Nemesis, a directed infrared countermeasure system for aircraft defense

Ships

Nemesis (1839), a British warship of the East India Company, used in the First Opium War
SS Nemesis (1880), an Australian cargo vessel lost in 1904
HMS Nemesis, the name of several Royal Navy ships
OPV Nemesis, a 2008 offshore patrol vessel of the New South Wales Police Force
USS Nemesis (1869), a U.S. Navy ship

Transport

Bowler Nemesis, an off-road racing vehicle
Sharp Nemesis, a racing aircraft
Nemesis (car), a Lotus Exige modified by British company Ecotricity

Other uses

Nemesis or archnemesis, an archenemy
Nemesis (operating system), a discontinued graphical operating system
Nemesis (philosophy), a classification of emotion in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
Nemesis Reborn, a roller coaster at Alton Towers, England
- Nemesis: Sub-Terra, a dark ride themed to Nemesis' backstory
- Nemesis Inferno, its sister roller coaster at Thorpe Park
Siderone nemesis, a butterfly in the genus Siderone
Saint Nemesis (died 250), Egyptian martyr in Alexandria, Egypt