Captain Nemo - Captain Nemo in Popular Culture

Captain Nemo in Popular Culture

Besides his original appearance in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island, Captain Nemo also appears in numerous other works, though none written by Jules Verne, and all works were created decades after the original books:

  • "Captain Nemo" is an instrumental song by the German-British hard rock band The Michael Schenker Group, composed by guitarist Michael Schenker. This song was first released on the 1983 album Built to Destroy.
  • The comic book The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (and its film adaptation) suggests that Nemo actually faked his death in 1867. He is also depicted as a Sikh in the comic book and the movie, although in the movie he is seen praying to Kali, a popular Hindu goddess. In the novel, he leaves the League after witnessing the British Empire's use of biological warfare to destroy the Martians. In the League's universe, Captain Nemo's daughter, Pirate Jenny, succeeds him and becomes the new Captain Nemo.
  • The Japanese anime series Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water by Gainax. Though his appearance is not until after the first few episodes, Nemo is portrayed as one of the major characters in the series' main plot.
  • In the Mighty Max episode "Around the World in Eighty Arms", the villain of the episode is Captain Nemo's grandson (voiced by Tim Curry) who ends up stealing the Nautilus.
  • In the Philip José Farmer novel The Other Log of Phileas Fogg, Nemo is depicted as being rather more sinister and self-serving.
  • The novel Captain Nemo: The Fantastic History of a Dark Genius by K.J. Anderson.
  • The novel Dead Easy by William Mark Simmons.
  • The novel Valhalla Rising by Clive Cussler.
  • The graphic novel trilogy Robur (based on Verne's Robur the Conqueror) by Jean-Marc Lofficier.
  • The series Der Hexer von Salem by German author Wolfgang Hohlbein, which is based on H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.
  • The manga Captain Nemo by Jason DeAngeles and Aldin Viray.
  • The book by James A. Owen, Here, There Be Dragons.
  • Swedish group The Dive composed and released the song "Captain Nemo" as their successful debut single. The song was later covered by Sarah Brightman on her 1993 album Dive.
  • Finnish rock band Nightwish released the song "Nemo" on their 2004 release Once. The song contains many references to Nemo.
  • Ace Of Base recorded the song "Captain Nemo" for their third album, Flowers (1998).
  • In the Josie and the Pussycats episode "The Nemo's a No-No Affair," a self-proclaimed descendant of Captain Nemo has a vendetta to sink every sea-bound vessel on Earth, with his reconstructed Nautilus (controlled by his pipe organ). He also reviles music from the show's time period.
  • The miniature wargame Warmachine contains a character called Nemo, a warcaster in the army of Cygnar.
  • The Constructible Miniature Game Pirates of the Spanish Main expansion Mysterious Islands contains multiple references to the Nemo, the Nautilus, and multiple other characters from 20,000 Leagues and Mysterious Island.
  • Group 87 released The Death of Captain Nemo, an instrumental song, in 1984.

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    “See how peaceful it is here. The sea is everything. An immense reservoir of nature where I roam at will.... Think of it. On the surface there is hunger and fear. Men still exercise unjust laws. They fight, tear one another to pieces. A mere few feet beneath the waves their reign ceases, their evil drowns. Here on the ocean floor is the only independence. Here I am free.”
    —Earl Felton, and Richard Fleischer. Captain Nemo (James Mason)

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    “Nitrates and phosphates for ammunition. The seeds of war. They’re loading a full cargo of death. And when that ship takes it home, the world will die a little more.”
    —Earl Felton, and Richard Fleischer. Captain Nemo (James Mason)

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