Nemesis

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Nemesis often refers to:

• Nemesis (mythology), in Greek mythology, a spirit of divine retribution against those who succumb to hubris
• Archenemy, the principal enemy of a character in a work of fiction

Nemesis may also refer to:

Places

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

• Nemesis (comics), the name of several comics characters
• Nemesis (Resident Evil), a.k.a. the Pursuer, a fictional character in Resident Evil universe
• Nemesis (Transformers), a Decepticon spaceship in the fictional Transformers universe
• Nemesis (Xena and Hercules), a recurring character in the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
• Nemesis Enforcer, a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe
• Nemesis Prime, several fictional characters in the Transformers universe
• Nemesis the Warlock, a comic series by Pat Mills and Kevin O'Neill
• Nemesis, an arch-enemy in Catacomb Fantasy Trilogy
• Nemesis, a monster in the 2008 home video game Dark Sector by Digital Extremes
• 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 kaiju from the novel Project Nemesis

Film

• Nemesis (1920 film), a 1920 Italian silent film
• Nemesis (1992 film), a 1992 science fiction film
• Nemesis (2010 film), a 2010 German film
• Nemesis, a planned film adaptation of the Mark Millar graphic novel
• Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), the 10th Star Trek movie

Games

• Nemesis (draughts player), a checkers engine
• Nemesis (Game Boy), a 1990 Game Boy game, part of the Gradius series
• Nemesis (role-playing game), a 2006 dice based horror themed game
• Gradius (video game), a 1985 arcade game known outside Japan as Nemesis
• Nemesis, a story arc and 2000 expansion set of the fantasy collectible card game, Magic: The Gathering
• Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, a 1999 home video game by Capcom, the third in the Resident Evil series
• Zork Nemesis, a 1996 PC based adventure game

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, 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
• Project Nemesis, a novel by Jeremy Robinson

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

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 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 TheStart on the album Shakedown!
• "Nemesis", a song by VNV Nation on the album Judgement

Television

• Nemesis (TV series), a British-American TV spy drama from BBC and Cinemax
• "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

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
• 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 (operating system), a discontinued graphical operating system
• Nemesis (philosophy), a classification of emotion in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
• Nemesis (roller coaster), a roller coaster at Alton Towers, England
  • Nemesis Inferno, its sister roller coaster at Thorpe Park

See also

• All pages beginning with "Nemesis"
• All pages with titles containing Nemesis
• Nemesis 2 (disambiguation)