Nemesis may refer to:
In religion
* Nemesis (mythology), the goddess of divine retribution (revenge) in Greek mythology.
In politics
* Operation Nemesis ("The Armenian Nuremberg"), the Armenian Revolutionary Federation code-name for the covert operation in the 1920s to assassinate the Turkish masterminds of the Armenian Genocide
In fiction
Books and literature
* Nemesis: The Death Star, by Richard A. Muller, a 1988 account of the Asteroid Impact Dinosaur Extinctions and the Nemesis theory of a solar companion star
* Nemesis (Isaac Asimov novel), a 1989 science fiction novel
* Nemesis (Agatha Christie novel), a 1971 detective novel
* Nemesis (Alfred Nobel play), a tragedy
* Nemesis (Angel novel), a 2004 novel set in the fictional Buffyverse
* Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
* Hitler: Nemesis 1936-45 - Ian Kershaw (Legendary historian)
* The Nemesis Affair by David M. Raup
* Nemesis: Part I-VI by Wolfgang Hohlbein
Comics
* Nemesis (comics) are a number of characters ot series:
o Nemesis (DC Comics), a superhero in the DC Universe, affiliated with the Suicide Squad
o Nemesis (American Comics Group), a Silver Age superhero appearing in Adventures into the Unknown.
o Nemesis (Marvel Comics), the name of three fictional superheroines in the Marvel Comics universe
o Nemesis (Ultraverse), a Malibu Comics and Marvel Comics character
o Nemesis the Warlock, a series published in the British comic 2000 AD
o Holocaust (comics), a Marvel Comics character also known as Nemesis
Film
* Nemesis (film), a 1993 science fiction film that spawned three sequels
* Star Trek: Nemesis, the tenth Star Trek movie, released in 2002
* Nemesis Game, a 2003 mystery-thriller film about complex riddles
Games
* Nemesis (Magic: The Gathering), an expansion to the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game
* Nemesis (role-playing game), a horror role-playing game
* Nemesis (video game), a 1990 Game Boy game based on the Gradius series
* Nemesis (wargame), a expansion of Hybrid released by Rackham
* Nemesis was a name used for some of the earlier Gradius games.
* Nemesis was a 1983 home video game for the BBC Micro released by Micro Power. It was a clone of the Centipede arcade game.
* Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, a 1999 video game
o Nemesis (Resident Evil), the titular bio-weapon of the above game
* Zork: Nemesis, an adventure game in the Zork series.
* The Nemesis was a character in the Legacy of Kain series.
* Nemesis Go Master was software that played the game of go by Toyogo.
* Nemesis is a set of equipment for the Warlock class in the game World of Warcraft.
* Nemesis is the antagonist of the player in Black and White (computer game). However, Nemesis is referred to as 'him', not 'her'.
* Nemesis is the name of a powerful boss in Spartan: Total Warrior, who looks like you, has your powers and carries the ultimate weapon: the Spear of Achilles. The player encounters him in the Ruins of Troy in Achille's burial chamber.
* Nemesis is the name of an optional boss in the role-playing game Final Fantasy X. It is considered the most difficult enemy in the game to defeat.
* Nemesis is a name of the ship in simulator game (X3:Reunion) by Egosoft
* Nemesis is the name of a set of armor, weapon, and shield in the single-player online RPG game AdventureQuest
* Nemesis is the name of an arch-villain and his group in the game City of Heroes.
Other
* Nemesis was a statue in the Doctor Who episode Silver Nemesis.
* Nemesis (Transformers), a starship in the Transformers fictional universe
* Nemesis Breaker, an evil clone of Leobreaker in the Transformers universe
* "Nemesis" (Voyager episode), an episode of Star Trek: Voyager
* "Nemesis" (Stargate SG-1), an episode of Stargate SG-1
* Nemesis was the name of the Geneva-based United Nations law enforcement organisation in the 60's TV series The Champions.
In science
* Nemesis (computing), a computer operating system
* Nemesis (drug), a street name for benzylpiperazine
* nemesis (software), an experimental finite element code.
* Nemesis (star), a hypothetical companion star of the Sun
* 128 Nemesis, an asteroid
In music
* Nemesis (Grip Inc. Album) (1997)
* Nemesis (song), a song by the British metal band Cradle of Filth (2004)
* Nemesis (Arch Enemy song), a song by the Swedish metal band Arch Enemy (2006)
* Nemesis (Aborted song), a song by the Belgian metal band Aborted (2003)
* Nemesis (musicians), a pop music duo
* Nemesis Rising, a reality television series featuring Nemesis
* Nemesis (rap crew), a Texas rap crew
* Nemesis (band), a Korean rock band
* Nemesis (rapper), an American rapper, of the Skoal Bandits
* Nemesis, a song by the American New Wave band theSTART, released on the album Shakedown! (2001)
* Nemesis is the title of a song released by Shriekback in 1985
Miscellaneous uses
* HEIC Nemesis, an early iron warship used in the First Opium War
* Nemesis (robot), a robot from the TV series Robot Wars
* Nemesis (roller coaster), a popular inverted roller coaster at UK theme park Alton Towers
* Nemesis was the name of the Spaceship which brought the Decepticons to Earth in the show Transformers and Beast Wars
* Nemesis is the name of an aluminum baseball bat made by Rawlings.
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