nemesis
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Nemesis is a term usually used to refer to an
archenemy but may also refer to:
In mythology
In philosophy
- Nemesis is "a painful response to another's undeserved good fortune" as defined by Aristotle in Nicomachean Ethics
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
Comics
Film
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 was the title of the arcade and MSX versions of the original Gradius outside Japan.
- 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
- Nemesis, the final boss in the game Dark Sector
- (Zork: Nemesis), an adventure game in the Zork series.
- Lord Nemesis is the 180+ year old "Prussian Prince of Automatons" and leader of the Nemesis Army villain faction in the Online game "City of Heroes/Villains". He is both directly and indirectly responsible for many of the games storylines and major plots, including the Rikti War, the Sky Raiders, and the criminal organization known as the Family.
- Nemesis is presented in Final Fantasy X as the most powerful enemy in the game, unlocked by finding all species and defeating all other monsters in the battle arena
- Nemesis appears in Persona 3 as the first Persona of Ken Amada; following a change in his personality, the Persona transforms into Kala-Nemi. Both Personae or of the Justice Arcana and attack with Light magic.
Other
In science
In transport
- {{HMS|Nemesis}}, four ships of the Royal Navy
- {{USS|Nemesis}}, three ships of the US Navy
- HEIC Nemesis, an early iron warship used in the First Opium War
- Sharp Nemesis, a famous racing plane now on display at the National Air and Space Museum
- Sharp Nemesis NXT, a kit-built racing plane
- AAQ-24 Nemesis is a Northrop-Grumman aircraft defense system
In music
* (Jacob and Joshua: Nemesis Rising), a reality television series featuring Nemesis
- Nemesis (group), a Dallas, Texas rap crew who recorded on Profile Records in the early 1990's.
- 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
- Nemesis is a song by the group Cradle of Filth from the album Nymphetamine.
- Nemesis is a song from the melodic death metal band Arch Enemy from the Doomsday Machine album.
- Nemesis is a top hit single of the band Fossils, an alternative rock band from Kolkata, India.
Miscellaneous uses
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