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{{short description|Character created by Jules Verne}}
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{{Infobox character
| name        = Captain Nemo
| series      = [[Voyages extraordinaires]]
| image       = [[File:'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea' by Neuville and Riou 027.jpg|245px]]
| caption     = Captain Nemo taking noon observations.
| first       = ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas]]'' (1870)
| last        = ''[[The Mysterious Island]]'' (1875)
| creator     = [[Jules Verne]]
| alias       = Prince Dakkar
| gender      = Male
| title       = Captain; Prince
| origin      = Bundelkhand, India
| spouse      =
| children    = 
| relatives   = 
}}
'''Captain Nemo''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|n|eː|m|oʊ}}; also known as '''Prince Dakkar''') is a character created by the French novelist [[Jules Verne]] (1828–1905). Nemo appears in two of Verne's science-fiction books, ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas]]'' (1870) and ''[[The Mysterious Island]]'' (1875). He also makes a brief appearance in a play written by Verne with the collaboration of [[Adolphe d'Ennery]], ''[[Journey Through the Impossible]]'' (1882).

Nemo is a mysterious figure. Though of unknown nationality in the first book, he is described as the son of an Indian [[Maharaja|raja]] in the second book. A scientific visionary, he roams the depths of the seas in his [[submarine]], the ''[[Nautilus (fictional submarine)|Nautilus]]'', which was assembled from parts manufactured in several different countries, then shipped to a cover address. The captain is consumed by a hunger for vengeance and hatred of [[imperialism]]; Verne included references to anti-imperialist uprisings, including the [[Kościuszko Uprising]] and [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]], in the various backstories of Nemo.

Nemo has appeared in various film adaptations of Verne's novels, where he has been portrayed by actors as [[James Mason]], [[Herbert Lom]], [[Patrick Stewart]], [[Naseeruddin Shah]], [[Ben Cross]], [[Omar Sharif]] and [[Michael Caine]]. He has also been appropriated by other authors for their own novels, including [[Alan Moore]] and [[Kevin O'Neill (comics)|Kevin O'Neill]]'s ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'', [[Philip José Farmer]]'s ''[[The Other Log of Phileas Fogg]]'', [[Kevin J. Anderson]]'s ''[[Captain Nemo: The Fantastic History of a Dark Genius]]'', [[Thomas F. Monteleone]]'s ''The Secret Sea'' and [[Howard Rodman]]'s ''[[The Great Eastern (Rodman novel)|The Great Eastern]]''.

== Etymology ==
''Nemo'' is [[Latin language|Latin]] for 'no one' or 'nobody'. ''Nemo'' is itself the Latin translation of [[Ancient Greek]] ''[[Outis]]'' 'Nobody', the pseudonym adopted by the sea-faring hero [[Odysseus]] in [[Greek mythology]] to outwit the [[Cyclopes|Cyclops]] [[Polyphemus]]. This appears to be the intended meaning, since in ''The Mysterious Island'', when [[Cyrus Smith]] addresses him as Captain Nemo, the latter replies, "I have no name!"<ref>{{cite wikisource |last=Verne |first=Jules |translator=Agnes Kinloch Kingston |title=The Mysterious Island |wslink=The Mysterious Island/Part 3/Chapter 16 |noicon=yes}}</ref>

== Fictional character biography ==
[[File:OrchhaPalace.jpg|thumb|[[Orchha Fort complex]], home to the real-life rajas of [[Orchha State|Orchha]], Bundelkhand.]]
Chief among the few details of Nemo's history given in ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'' are his hatred of imperialism and his grief over the loss of his loved ones in years past.

In ''20,000 Leagues Under the Seas'', Captain Nemo is not described as an Indian yet; in fact, his nationality is unknown. This was a result of a controversy between the author and the publisher 
on this subject.<ref name=pole>{{Cite web|url=https://culture.pl/en/article/the-polish-aristocrat-at-the-helm-of-the-nautilus-or-the-true-story-of-captain-nemo|title=The Polish Aristocrat at the Helm of the ‘Nautilus’, or the True Story of Captain Nemo|website=Culture.pl}}</ref>
 
In ''[[The Mysterious Island]]'', Captain Nemo identifies himself as Prince Dakkar, son of the Hindu [[Maharaja|raja]] of [[Bundelkhand]], and a descendant of the Muslim [[Sultan]] [[Tipu Sultan|Fateh Ali Khan Tipu]] of the [[Kingdom of Mysore]], famous for the [[Anglo-Mysore Wars]] (1767–1799) and [[Mysorean rockets|Mysorean rocket]] technology. After the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]], in which Dakkar lost both his family and his kingdom, the prince devoted himself to scientific research, ultimately building the [[Nautilus (fictional submarine)|''Nautilus'']] and cruising the seven seas with a crew of devoted followers.<ref>{{cite book |last =Rovin |first =Jeff |title =The Encyclopedia of Supervillains |publisher =Facts on File |date =1987 |location =New York |isbn = 0-8160-1356-X |pages=51–52}}</ref> They gather [[bullion]] from various shipwrecks in the ocean, most notably from the hulks of the Spanish treasure fleet sunk during the [[Battle of Vigo Bay]].
 
However it turns out that the original intention of Jules Verne was to make Captain Nemo a Pole, a participant of the Polish [[January Uprising]] against the occupation of Poland by the [[Russian Empire]], and it was planned that Nemo would sink Russian warships. However the publisher, [[Pierre-Jules Hetzel]], strongly objected to this for fear of losing the Russian book market: the book would be banned by Russian censorship. In addition, Hetzel felt that the book would undermine French-Russian relations.<ref name=pole/>

Nemo claims to have no interest in terrestrial affairs but occasionally intervenes to aid people in distress, e.g.,  by giving salvaged treasure to participants in the [[Cretan Revolt (1866–1869)]] against the island's [[Ottoman Turks|Turkish]] rulers; by saving (both physically and financially) a [[Sinhalese people|Ceylonese]] or [[Tamil people|Tamil]] pearl diver from a shark attack; by rescuing the castaways in ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas''; and by covertly protecting another set of castaways in ''[[The Mysterious Island]]''.

Like many actual [[Princely state|Indian princes]] of the era, Nemo received a Western education, during which, as he states, he spent his youth touring and studying throughout Europe. In his first meeting with Professor Aronnax and his companions, the three castaways speak to him in French, English, [[Latin]], and German; Nemo later reveals that he is fluent in all of these tongues. Aronnax praises the captain's French, noting that he "expressed himself with perfect ease and without any accent." Relying on his intuition and knowledge of [[ethnology]], the professor concludes that "there's southern blood" in him but can't determine the captain's exact origin. The ''Nautilus''{{'s}} library, lounge, and art collections reveal that Nemo is intimately acquainted with European culture, also that he is an accomplished performer on the [[pipe organ|organ]].

Nemo dies of unspecified natural causes on board the ''Nautilus'', docked permanently inside Dakkar Grotto on [[The Mysterious Island|Lincoln Island]] in the [[Oceania|South Pacific]]. Cyrus Harding, leader of the castaways whom Nemo protected, administered the last rites, then submerged the ''Nautilus'' in the grotto's waters. Shortly after, the volcanic island is destroyed when magma reaches the sea water in Dakkar Grotto, creating a massive steam explosion which blows the island and the ''Nautilus'' to pieces.

== Character ==
[[File:20000 Nemo organ.jpg|upright|thumb|Captain Nemo is an accomplished performer on the [[organ (music)|organ]].]]

Nemo's characteristics are largely presented through the observations of Professor Pierre Aronnax, narrator of ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas''. At their first meeting, the professor remarks: "Whether this individual was thirty-five or fifty years of age, I couldn't tell." He goes on to describe Nemo as a tall, self-contained man with a straight nose, broad brow, and wide-set eyes—"certainly the most wonderful physical specimen I'd ever met up with." In ''The Mysterious Island'', the captain is in his late sixties and sports a long white beard.

He avoids dry land, except for [[desert islands]] and uninhabited regions such as [[Antarctica]]. In keeping with his contempt for surface civilization, he uses few commodities that aren't marine in origin, be they food, clothing, or even [[tobacco]]. As for his political views, he reveals an intense hatred of oppression, which he associates with the world's [[imperialistic]] nations. He therefore identifies himself with the Earth's oppressed, whether [[Demographics of Sri Lanka|Ceylonese]] [[pearl hunting|pearl divers]], [[Cretan Revolt (1866–1869)|Cretans]] rising against the [[Ottoman Turks|Turks]], or even [[right whales]] attacked by [[sperm whales]]. When Professor Aronnax suggests that Nemo violates maritime and international law by sinking warships, Nemo responds that he does so in self-defense when attacked. He insists that terrestrial laws no longer apply to him, exclaiming in one scene:

{{quotation|The sea doesn't belong to tyrants. On its surface they can still stake their evil claims, battle each other, devour each other, haul every earthly horror. But thirty feet below sea level, their power ceases, their influence fades, their domination vanishes! Ah, sir, live! Live in the heart of the seas! Here alone do I find independence! Here I recognize no superiors! Here I'm free!<ref name="20,000 Leagues Under the Seas Chapter 10">{{cite wikisource |last=Verne |first=Jules |translator=Frederick Paul Walter |title=20,000 Leagues Under the Seas |wslink=20,000 Leagues Under the Seas (Walter)/Chapter 10 |orig-year=1870 |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-4384-3238-0 |noicon=yes}}</ref>}}

Nemo is devoted to his crew and grieves deeply when members are killed after a mysterious collision with a surface vessel or during a [[giant squid]] attack in the [[Caribbean Sea]]. He is equally compassionate in his treatment of the castaways in ''The Mysterious Island'', also retaining a deep attachment to his deceased wife and children. Despite these tragic losses, he rarely expresses his anger. Moreover, he is a man of immense courage, taking the lead in every emergency, from fighting sharks and squids to releasing the ''Nautilus'' from Antarctic ice—an ordeal that entailed reduced oxygen stores and consecutive eight-hour shifts. Aronnax also credits him with discovering [[Atlantis]].

An innovative engineer, Nemo both designed and manufactured the ''Nautilus'', including her electric propulsion units and navigational systems. Utilizing them with extraordinary skill, he navigated some of the ocean's most difficult underwater passages, such as those beneath the Antarctic ice barrier, as well as a fictitious tunnel under the [[Suez|Isthmus of Suez]].

He has an exhaustive knowledge of [[marine biology]], and it is his respect for Professor Aronnax's preeminence in the field that led to his befriending the professor once the latter was cast aboard the ''Nautilus''. Further, Nemo is a [[polyglot]], able to read all the books in the ''Nautilus''{{'s}} vast library, regardless of their language. He demonstrates his linguistic ability in ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea'', when Arronax and two other character speak to him in [[French language|French]], [[English language|English]], [[German language|German]], and [[Latin]] and he understands all four languages. Other than this he also knows Indian languages [[Hindi]], [[Kannada]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], and [[Malayalam]], furthermore [[Greek language|Greek]] among others. Nemo also invents a new [[Constructed language|language]] that he and his crew use to communicate with each other.<ref name="20,000 Leagues Under the Seas Chapter 10" />

The captain has an exquisite taste in the fine arts, possessing many masterpieces of both painting and sculpture, from old masters to moderns. They are housed in the main lounge of the ''Nautilus'' along with Nemo's collection of [[pearl]]s, [[coral]]s, seashells, and other marine items, all gathered with his own hands. "No museum in Europe," Aronnax tells the captain, "has such a collection of exhibits." Yet, despite the opulence visible throughout the ''[[Nautilus (fictional submarine)|Nautilus]]'', Nemo's stateroom was furnished with little more than a bed, a worktable, and the navigational instruments essential to the ''Nautilus''. Even so, Captain Nemo claims to be extremely wealthy, boasting that "without the slightest trouble I could pay off the two-billion-dollar French national debt!"

Nemo later tells Aronnax that he will enclose his scientific findings and autobiography in a small unsinkable container: "The last one of us left on the ''Nautilus'' will throw that container into the sea, and it will drift wherever the waves take it."

Subsequently, a rather different container does wash ashore in ''[[The Mysterious Island]]'', bearing tools, firearms, navigational instruments, an atlas, books, blank paper, and even clothing. They are found in a crate lashed to empty barrels, its contents sealed in a waterproof zinc envelope and showing careful preparation, and packing. Throughout the same book, Nemo repeatedly acts in this providential way, as when the sailor Pencroff pines for [[tobacco]], then the young naturalist Harbert identifies some of the island's plant life.

<gallery widths=160 heights=220>
File:20000 graveyard.jpg|Captain Nemo and the crew of the ''Nautilus'' conduct an underwater funeral.
File:20000 Nemo South Pole flag.jpg|Captain Nemo raising his flag on the South Pole
File:20000 Nautilus Salon.jpg|The main lounge of the ''[[Nautilus (fictional submarine)|Nautilus]]''
File:Nemo s death.jpg|Captain Nemo's death in ''[[The Mysterious Island]]''
</gallery>

== Emblem ==

Captain Nemo's emblem, as reproduced on the flag he raised when claiming the [[South Pole]], is a large golden '''''N''''' on a black field. The motto of the ''Nautilus'' was ''Mobilis in mobili'', a Latin phrase which Aronnax translates as "Moving within a moving element". It also has been rendered as "Moving within motion" and "Changing with change" and "mobile/movable [person] in mobile/movable [thing, vehicle]"

[[File:20000 mobilis in mobili.jpg|center|thumb|The [[motto]] of the ''Nautilus'']]

== Origin ==

In early drafts of ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas]]'', Nemo appears as a [[szlachcic|Polish noble]], a member of the [[szlachta]] bent on avenging the murder of his family during Russia's violent suppression of the [[January Uprising]]. Verne's editor [[Pierre-Jules Hetzel]] feared that the book would offend the [[Russian Empire]], a major French ally, and cause the book to be banned from that country's bookstores. Accordingly, Hetzel insisted that Verne revise the novel to conceal Nemo's background and political motivations.<ref>{{cite journal |first=Mike |last=Perschon |url=http://www.verniana.org/volumes/02/A4/Perschon.pdf |title=Finding Nemo: Verne's Antihero as Original Steampunk |journal=Verniana: Jules Verne Studies |volume=2 |date=February 1, 2010 |pages=181–182}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Jess |last=Nevins |title=The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana |location=Austin, Texas |publisher=Monkeybrain Books |year=2005 |page=128 |isbn=978-1-93226-515-6}}</ref>

== Chronological discrepancies ==

''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas]]'' was first published in 1870 and reports the activities of the ''Nautilus'' over the years 1866 to 1868. ''The Mysterious Island'' was published in 1875 but is set in the years after the close of the [[American Civil War]], i.e., 1865 to 1869. Described as an elderly man in his late sixties, Captain Nemo claims in its pages to have conducted his undersea travels some sixteen years earlier than the dates given in the prior novel.

It is true that the first French hardcover issue of ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'' (an octavo edition published in 1871 by [[Pierre-Jules Hetzel]]) contains minor errors that may have been perpetrated by its printers or even by Hetzel himself—who, at times, seems to have made edits without querying Verne. However the chronological discrepancies between this book and ''[[The Mysterious Island]]'' appear to have been present since its publication. They may have arisen from Hetzel's insistence that Verne drastically revise his original concept for the latter novel, in which, some scholars speculate, he had not initially planned to include Captain Nemo at all.

== Portrayals ==
In most subsequent media adaptations of ''20,000 Leagues'' and ''Mysterious Island'', Captain Nemo is depicted as a European, in accordance with the earlier of the two novels. Actors who have played him include:
* [[Allen Holubar]] in ''[[20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916 film)|20,000 Leagues Under the Sea]]'' (1916)
* [[Lionel Barrymore]] (as Count Andre Dakkar) in ''[[The Mysterious Island (1929 film)|The Mysterious Island]]'' (1929)
* [[Leonard Penn]] in the Columbia film serial ''[[Mysterious Island (serial)|Mysterious Island]]'' (1951)
* [[Thomas Mitchell (actor)|Thomas Mitchell]] in the TV series ''[[Tales of Tomorrow]]'' (1952)
* [[James Mason]] in the Walt Disney film ''[[20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film)|20,000 Leagues Under the Sea]]'' (1954)
* [[Herbert Lom]] in ''[[Mysterious Island (1961 film)|Mysterious Island]]'' (1961)
* [[Julian Somers]] in the 8-part [[BBC Radio]] serial ''20,000 Leagues Under The Sea'' (1961)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?filt=is_radio&q=20%2C000+Leagues+Under+The+Sea&after=1961-01-01T00%3A00%3A00.000Z&before=1961-12-31T23%3A59%3A59.999Z#top | title=Search - BBC Programme Index }}</ref>
* [[Robert Ryan]] in ''[[Captain Nemo and the Underwater City]]'' (1969)
* [[Omar Sharif]] in ''[[La isla misteriosa y el capitán Nemo]]'' (1973)
* [[Len Carlson]] in the animated series ''[[The Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo]]'' (1975)
* [[Vladislav Dvorzhetsky]] in the Soviet television miniseries ''[[Captain Nemo (miniseries)|Captain Nemo]]'' (1975)
* [[José Ferrer]] in the TV movie and short-lived TV series ''[[The Return of Captain Nemo]]'' (1978)
* [[Akio Ōtsuka|Akio Otsuka]] in the anime series ''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]]'' (1990–1991)
* [[John Bach]] in the TV series ''[[Mysterious Island (TV series)|Mysterious Island]]'' (1995)
* [[Michael Caine]] in the ABC-TV miniseries ''[[20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997 Village Roadshow film)|20,000 Leagues Under the Sea]]'' (1997)
* [[Ben Cross]] in the NBC TV movie ''[[20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997 Hallmark film)|20,000 Leagues Under the Sea]]'' (1997)
* [[Naseeruddin Shah]] in the film ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)|The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'' (2003)
* [[Patrick Stewart]] in the TV movie ''[[Mysterious Island (2005 film)|Mysterious Island]]'' (2005)
* [[Sean Lawlor]] in the film ''[[30,000 Leagues Under the Sea]]'' (2007)
* [[W. Morgan Sheppard]] in the film ''[[Jules Verne's Mysterious Island (2012 film)|Mysterious Island]]'' (2012)
* [[Faran Tahir]] in the TV series ''[[Once Upon a Time (season 6)|Once Upon a Time]]'' (2016–2017)
* Sagar Arya in the [[BBC Radio]] adaptations of ''20,000 Leagues Under The Sea''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bcg1sw | title=BBC Radio 4 - Drama, to the Ends of the Earth: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea }}</ref> and ''The Mysterious Island''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bd7bm4 | title=BBC Radio 4 - Drama, to the Ends of the Earth: The Mysterious Island }}</ref> (2018)
*[[Shazad Latif]] in the TV series ''[[Nautilus (TV series)|Nautilus]]'' (2024)<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=November 11, 2021|title=Shazad Latif Tapped To Play Captain Nemo In Disney+ Series 'Nautilus', Michael Matthews On Board To Direct|url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/shazad-latif-captain-nemo-disney-nautilus-michael-matthews-1234872277/|url-status=live|access-date=November 20, 2021|website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112073141/https://deadline.com/2021/11/shazad-latif-captain-nemo-disney-nautilus-michael-matthews-1234872277/ |archive-date=2021-11-12 }}</ref>
*Jesse Bhamrah in the radio-musical series ''Pulp Musicals'' (2021-Present).<ref>{{Citation |title=Episode 4: The Searcher in the Shadows (Original Cast Recording) by Pulp Musicals on Apple Music |date=2024-09-09 |url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/episode-4-the-searcher-in-the-shadows-original/1765504543 |access-date=2024-12-08 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
In the ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen|League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'' comic series by [[Alan Moore]] and [[Kevin O'Neill (comics)|Kevin O'Neill]], Captain Nemo's Indian ancestry as Prince Dakkar is emphasized, yet his religious identity is left ambiguous between [[Hinduism]] and [[Sikhism]]. Journalist Shreya Ila Anasuya writes that Moore's Nemo is "nebulously portrayed as a [[Kali]]-worshipping man in a turban, never self-consciously [[Sikh]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/711400/five-things-we-found-out-about-super-sikh-deep-singh-the-first-sikh-comic-book-superhero|publisher=scroll.in=22 October 2019|title = Five things we found out about Super Sikh Deep Singh, the first Sikh comic-book superhero| date=5 March 2015 }}</ref> The title of "Nemo" is also later inherited by Prince Dakkar's headstrong daughter, Janni Dakkar, for the ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Nemo Trilogy|League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Nemo Trilogy]]''.

[[Nemo (file manager)|Nemo]] is the official file manager for the [[Cinnamon (software)|Cinnamon]] desktop environment; the name plays off of the [[Nautilus (file manager)|Nautilus file manager]] from which it was forked.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/?p=198 |title=Introducing Nemo |first=Clement |last=Lefebvre |date=September 4, 2012 |access-date=May 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622043748/http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/?p=198 |archive-date=June 22, 2015}}</ref>

A Polish singer – Bogdan Gajkowski – popular especially during the 1980s, started recording under the stage name "Kapitan Nemo".

In 1990, the group [[Dive (Swedish band)|Dive]] released their debut single "[[Captain Nemo (song)|Captain Nemo]]", based on Verne's character. This song was covered by [[Sarah Brightman]] on her 1993 album ''[[Dive (Sarah Brightman album)|Dive]]''.

The Japanese [[Otome game|otome]] [[visual novel]] ''[[Code: Realize − Guardian of Rebirth|Code: Realize- Guardian of Rebirth]]'' features a scientist named Nemo. Nemo creates an airship named the ''Nautilus'' within the game. He considers the engineer Impey Barbicane, [[From the Earth to the Moon|a reference to another Jules Verne novel]], his ultimate scientific rival.

The Japanese [[mobile game]] ''[[Fate/Grand Order]]'' features a rider class servant named Captain Nemo. Nemo commands a magical [[submarine]] ''Nautilus'' through the Void Space.

[[Kevin J. Anderson]] wrote  ''[[Captain Nemo: The Fantastic History of a Dark Genius]]'' (2002), a fictional life of Captain Nemo.

In the 2006 graphic novel ''Captain Nemo'' by Jason DeAngelis (Seven Seas, {{isbn|978-1933164083}}), set in an alternate timeline where [[Napoleon Bonaparte|Napoleon]] was never defeated at Waterloo but went on to found a dynasty whose descendants have conquered most of the world, Captain Nemo was, according to the French authorities, "slain and his accursed ''Nautilus'' sunk" in 1873, and twenty years later his son (who bears the same name as his father) leads his crew aboard the ''Nautilus II'' against the forces of Napoleon IV using the same tactics as his father, who is buried in a coral tomb, along with members of his crew, on the sunken island of Lemuria.

''[[Daughter of the Deep]]'', a 2021 novel by [[Rick Riordan]], features two descendants of Captain Nemo as the protagonist and antagonist.

The animated series ''[[Space Strikers]]'' (known in French as ''20 000 Lieues dans l'espace''; translation: "20,000 Leagues in Space") stars a descendant of the original Captain Nemo, leading the crew of the spaceship ''Nautilus'' in a crusade to liberate Earth and other planets from the evil forces of Master Phantom.

In the novel ''... no one'' of Alberto Cavanna (original title ''... nessuno'', Mursia, Italy, 2020), Nemo is John Digby, an admiral of the Royal Navy, appointed captain of the Nautilus by the dying builder.

Captain Nemo appears as the protagonist of the story ''Invitación al viaje'' (2023) by [[Óscar Esquivias]].<ref name=ZO18se23>{{cite web|author=Octavio Gómez Milián|title=Mirlo|date=September 18, 2023|access-date=September 25, 2023|url=https://www.zonadeobras.com/apuestas/2023/09/18/mirlo-numero-7/|work=Zona de obras}}</ref>

Captain Nemo appears in two gamebooks, Nemo's Fury, and Nemo's 2: Octo War, by Chris Hunneysett.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nemosfury.com/|title=Nemo's Fury|date=January 19, 2025|website=Nemo's Fury}}</ref>

The 2024 ten-episode TV-series [[Nautilus (TV series)|Nautilus]] focuses on Nemo and the backstory of the eponymous submarine. Loosely based on the original Jules Verne novel, this series portrays Nemo's anti-imperialist struggle against the British [[East India Company]].

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths=160 heights=220>
File:20000_Nemo_Aronnax_plans.jpg|A working drawing of the ''Nautilus''.
File:20000 Nautilus Nemo room.jpg|Captain Nemo's stateroom.
File:20000 Nautilus Library Nemo Aronnax.jpg|The ''Nautilus'''s library.
File:20000 Nautilus engines.jpg|The ''Nautilus'''s engine room.
File:Nemo Aronax viewbay diver.jpg|Diver appearing off [[Crete]].
File:20000 squid Nautilus viewbay.jpg|Menaced by a giant squid in the [[Bahamas]].
File:20000 squid Nautilus door.jpg|Fending off a squid attack.
File:Nautilus wrecks.jpg|Underwater wreckage in the Mediterranean.
File:Nautilus Ile mysterieuse.jpg|The ''Nautilus'' in Dakkar Grotto, as described in ''[[The Mysterious Island]]''
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[List of underwater science fiction works]]

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://jv.gilead.org.il/kravitz/3/16.html ''The Mysterious Island'': The Secret of the Island: Chapter XVI] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180122/http://jv.gilead.org.il/kravitz/3/16.html |date=2016-03-03 }}. A summary of his life.
* [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jules-verne/CIEH.htm Literary analysis of the novels of Jules Verne (In French)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110708144346/http://chilembwe.com/captain_nemo/origin.html The origin of Captain Nemo: at Captainnemo's Home]

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