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
  • Nemesis, one of the main antagonists from the video game Yandere Simulator
  • Nemesis Sudou, one of the sinners from the vocaloid song series The Evillious Chronicles

;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 Swiss film), Swiss documentary
  • Nemesis (2020 Thai film), a Thai action thriller film
  • 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, a 1987 Amstrad CPC game, part of the Gradius series
  • 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
  • Predator: Nemesis, a 1997 science fiction comic storyline by Gordon Rennie and Colin MacNeil

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 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 High on Fire on the album Surrounded by Thieves
  • "Nemesis", a song by Hope for the Dying on the album Legacy
  • "Nemesis", a song by Morgoth on the album Ungod
  • "Nemesis", a song by Aaron Parks on the album Invisible Cinema
  • "Nemesis", a song by Serenity on the album Nemesis AD
  • "Nemesis", a song by Shriekback on the album Oil & Gold
  • "Nemesis", a song by VNV Nation on the album Judgement
  • "Nemesis", a song by Wolfheart on the album Shadow World

Television

  • "Nemesis" (Adventure Time), a 2014 TV episode
  • Nemesis (Japanese TV series), a 2021 Japanese drama starring Sho Sakurai
  • Nemesis (2026 TV series), a 2026 Netflix crime drama
  • Hunted (2012 TV series), a British-American 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 episode
  • Nemesis (Australian TV series), a political documentary produced by the ABC
  • "Nemesis" (My Hero), a 2001 TV episode

Defense and military

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

Ships

  • French frigate Némésis, an Artémise class frigate launched in 1847
  • Nemesis, a UK-flagged patrol vessel operated by the Green Britain Foundation
  • 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

See also

  • Nemesis 2 (disambiguation)
  • Nemesius
  • Nemausus