History Film / StarTrekNemesis

* NoodleIncident: The 12 major engagements Shinzon fought in the Dominion War. We don't learn any details, save that they establish his backstory and reputation as a young, capable, and successfuly commander.

''Nemesis'' provided a bookend in several ways. With a {{prequel}} show currently airing, this film was the chronological last story set in the 24th Century, and Creator/JJAbrams's AlternateTimeline ''Film/StarTrek2009'' (which is somewhat of a StealthSequel to this film) made it appear to be the last of the PrimeTimeline. But this would change as a new era of Star Trek television shows would return to the timeline with TOS-era ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'', while ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' and ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'' are set after the events of this film. The Third Season of ''Star Trek: Picard'' would go on to serve as PuttingTheBandBackTogether for the TNG cast, serving as another GrandFinale.

* MisplacedRetribution: Shinzon despises Picard, in a massive case of CloningBlues, and is willing to kill every person on Earth just to make sure that ''his'' name is the one history remembers.

* CloningBlues: Shinzon is so insecure about being a "copy" of Captain Picard that he wants to kill not just him, but the [[OmnicidalManiac entire human race]] to prove his own uniqueness.

* MissileLockOn: Averted for most of the Battle of the Bassen Rift thanks to the ''Scimitar'''s advanced cloaking device. Similarly to [[Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry General Chang almost a century earlier]], Shinzon's firing through the cloak and thus Worf ''can't'' achieve targeting locks. He has to fire blindly and manually (which scores as many hits as misses). The ''Valdore'' has the same problem, necessitating Worf coordinating with them to triangulate fire on any shield impact. It's not until Troi telepathically locates the Viceroy that Worf's able to finally knock out the cloak and acheive automatic targeting locks -- though by that point in the battle, the ''Enterprise'' has already expended most of its weaponry and is heavily damaged.

The film was released on December 13, 2002 in North America. It did poorly at the box office, due to a combination of stiff competition (''Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'', Franchise/JamesBond's ''Film/DieAnotherDay'' and ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers'' were all released within a few weeks of this film's debut) and the film, despite having the StarTrekMovieCurse in its favor, not being very good. As of 2023, it is the only ''Star Trek'' film not to open at #1 at the box office, losing to ''Film/MaidInManhattan'', and its profit margins were poor.

''Nemesis'' provided a bookend in several ways. It is the final feature film to take place in the franchise's PrimeTimeline. For several years, it was also the franchise's last feature film whatsoever, until Creator/JJAbrams's AlternateTimeline hit theatres in 2009. Likewise, it was the final chronological entry ''in'' the Prime Timeline for almost 20 years, until ''Series/StarTrekPicard'', and to a lesser extent ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'' and ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'', continued on past it in 2020. And finally, its its status as the ''TNG'' finale stood until ''Star Trek: Picard''[='s=] third season in 2023, which re-united the ''TNG'' cast for one last hurrah.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: B-4 acts and behaves much like a severely autistic version of Data, and shares many symptoms of autism.

* AbortedArc: Shinzon is an in-universe example. Picard's clone was created as part of an ambitious operation to replace the real Picard (who even at that point was a rising star in Starfleet) and plant a Romulan agent at the heart of Starfleet with none the wiser. However, the plan fell victim to a political shakeup in the Senate. A new government came to power, decided the plan was too risky, and pulled the plug and dumped Shinzon on Remus.

''Nemesis'' provided a bookend in several ways. It is the final feature film to take place in the franchise's PrimeTimeline. For several years, it was also the franchise's last feature film whatsoever, until Creator/JJAbrams's AlternateTimeline hit theatres in 2009. Likewise, it was the final entry ''in'' the Prime Timeline for almost 20 years, until ''Series/StarTrekPicard'', and to a lesser extent ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'' and ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'', continued on past it in 2020. And finally, its its status as the ''TNG'' finale stood until ''Star Trek: Picard''[='s=] third season in 2023, which re-united the ''TNG'' cast for one last hurrah.

The film also stars '''TNG'' series regulars Creator/JonathanFrakes as William T. Riker, Creator/LeVarBurton as Geordi La Forge, Creator/MichaelDorn as Worf, Creator/GatesMcFadden as Beverly Crusher and Creator/MarinaSirtis as Deanna Troi. Creator/RonPerlman appears as Shinzon's EvilChancellor. Cameos include Creator/WilWheaton as Wesley Crusher, Creator/WhoopiGoldberg as shipboard bartender Guinan, and Creator/KateMulgrew as Admiral Kathryn Janeway, the only one of the three to have lines.

''Nemesis'' provided a bookend in several ways. It is the final feature film to take place in the franchise's PrimeTimeline. For several years, it was also the franchise's last feature film whatsoever, until Creator/JJAbrams's AlternateTimeline hit theatres in 2009. Likewise, it was the final entry ''in'' the Prime Timeline for almost 20 years, until ''Series/StarTrekPicard'', and to a lesser extent ''Series/StarTrekLowerDecks'', continued on past it in 2020. And finally, its its status as the ''TNG'' finale stood until ''Star Trek: Picard''[='s=] third season in 2023, which re-united the ''TNG'' cast for one last hurrah.

For several years, it stood as the final ''Star Trek'' feature film, until Creator/JJAbrams resurrected the franchise with his [[Film/StarTrek2009 2009 reboot]]. (Since that film explicitly takes place in an AlternateTimeline, ''Nemesis'' retains its title as "Final PrimeTimeline feature film.") Likewise, its status as the ''TNG'' GrandFinale stood for almost 20 years before being overturned by the TV series ''Series/StarTrekPicard''.

The film also stars '''TNG'' series regulars Creator/JonathanFrakes as William T. Riker, Creator/LeVarBurton as Geordi La Forge, Creator/MichaelDorn as Worf, Creator/GatesMcFadden as Beverly Crusher Creator/MarinaSirtis as Deanna Troi. Creator/RonPerlman appears as Shinzon's EvilChancellor. Cameos include Creator/WilWheaton as Wesley Crusher, Creator/WhoopiGoldberg as shipboard bartender Guinan, and Creator/KateMulgrew as Admiral Kathryn Janeway, the only one of the three to have lines.

The film was released on December 13, 2002 in North America. It did poorly at the box office, due to a combination of stiff competition (''Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'', Franchise/JamesBond's ''Film/DieAnotherDay'' and ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers'' were all released within a few weeks of this film's debut) and the film, despite having the StarTrekMovieCurse in its favor, not being very good. To date, it is the only ''Star Trek'' film not to open at #1 at the box office, losing to ''Film/MaidInManhattan'', and its profit margins were poor.

''Star Trek Nemesis'' is the tenth movie in the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' film series, released in 2002, and serves as the big-screen GrandFinale for the ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Next Generation]]'' crew. It is directed by Stuart Baird, with the screenplay by John Logan and the story by Logan, Rick Berman and Creator/BrentSpiner, who also played Data.

The film also stars Creator/JonathanFrakes as William T. Riker, Creator/LeVarBurton as Geordi La Forge, Creator/MichaelDorn as Worf, Creator/GatesMcFadden as Beverly Crusher and Marina Sitris as Deanna Troi.

The film was released on December 13, 2002 in North America.

** Janeway appearing as a (recently promoted) Admiral is the only {{canon}} description of what happened to the ''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]'' crew after their GrandFinale.

* AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: By the end of the movie, Picard blasts his way out of prison, single-handedly wipes out the entire bridge crew of the ''Scimitar'', and defeats Shinzon in hand to hand combat. Not bad for a 76-year old.

* BookEnds:

* MissileLockOn: Averted for most of the Battle of the Bassen Rift thanks to the ''Scimitar'''s advanced cloaking device. Similarly to [[StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry General Chang almost a century earlier]], Shinzon's firing through the cloak and thus Worf ''can't'' achieve targeting locks. He has to fire blindly and manually (which scores as many hits as misses). The ''Valdore'' has the same problem, necessitating Worf coordinating with them to triangulate fire on any shield impact. It's not until Troi telepathically locates the Viceroy that Worf's able to finally knock out the cloak and acheive automatic targeting locks -- though by that point in the battle, the ''Enterprise'' has already expended most of its weaponry and is heavily damaged.

* ContinuityNod: There is one for every Trek series and crew:

** Similarly, as of 2022, this is currently the final ''Trek'' film set in the Prime Reality. So, Jerry Goldsmith has the distinction of scoring both the first and last films of the Original Film Series.

* StatusQuoIsGod: Despite leaving Starfleet in the finale of ''Deep Space Nine'', Worf is back in his old position of tactical/security officer on the ''Enterprise'' without so much as a line of dialogue to explain it. In the other movies he didn't belong in, we got an explanation: in ''The Undiscovered Country,'' the TOS era ''Colonel'' Worf is the guy TNG's Worf is an IdenticalGrandson of. In ''First Contact,'' the crew of the damaged Defiant was beamed onto the ''Enterprise''. In ''Insurrection,'' he was asked what he was doing there but the action cuts away before he answers; we're given a humorous UnReveal but the fact that he's stationed elsewhere and a reason why he dropped by ''this'' time exists in-universe. Here? He's just there, in full uniform from the start, manning his old station like it's still his station. Not even a HandWave, or events that make a FanWank easy. A deleted line had him saying that he wasn't suited to the life of a diplomat.

''Star Trek Nemesis'' is the tenth movie in the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' film series, released in 2002, and serves as the big-screen GrandFinale for the ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Next Generation]]'' crew. It is directed by Stuart Baird, with the screenplay by John Logan, Rick Berman and Creator/BrentSpiner, who also played Data.