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| “ | Oh, now you're my friend? I can't believe I wasted my whole life trying to protect people like you! Captain Nemesis is dead! From now on, call me Overlord! | „ |
| ~ Captain Nemesis while fighting Ben. |
Carl Nesmith, also known as Captain Nemesis and later known as Overlord, is a supporting antagonist in the Ben 10 franchise, serving as the main antagonist of the Ben 10: Ultimate Alien episodes "Hero Time" and "Catch a Falling Star" as well as one of the three secondary antagonists of the Ben 10: Omniverse episode "The Vengers".
He is a former superhero who became a supervillain out of petty jealousy towards Ben Tennyson's presence as a renowned superhero, to which tries to destroy one of his former fans so that he can become famous again to the public.
He was voiced by Christopher McDonald, who also played Harvey Dent in Beware the Batman, Shooter McGavin in Happy Gilmore, Kent Mansley in The Iron Giant, Hourglass in Superhero Movie, Travis Cole in Dirty Work, Harold Coyle in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Wilson Croft in Flubber.
Personality[]
| “ | You don't have to be an alien to be a monster. Nesmith doesn't care who gets hurt as long as he gets what he wants. | „ |
| ~ Gwen Tennyson to Ben during Nesmith’s crime spree. |
Carl Nesmith, despite being a superhero in his prime, is extremely arrogant, uncaring and self-absorbed. Unlike most superheros, he cares little about actually saving and helping people and only seeks to receive attention and fame even at the cost of others, specifically Ben Tennyson. Despite this, Captain Nemesis chose to portray Ben Tennyson as being misguided instead of a delinquent when his assistant labelled him as such.
After being defeated by Ben Tennyson and being Overlord, he became vengeful and murderous. He wanted to get revenge on Ben for losing his reputation and fame and murdered Dr. Pervis after he received his plastic surgery. Despite all of that, he cared for Jennifer Nocturne even though he kidnaped her earlier as they have a romantic interest with each other, and he's willing to take full responsibility to avoid her taking any punishment after his fail attempt with revenge towards Ben, showing that he did not simply view Jennifer as someone he could manipulate.
History[]
Past[]
Carl Nesmith is a superhero even before the events of the original Ben 10 series. He uses his technology to build himself a supersuit to counter his enemies. However, he is revealed to be a fraud as he stage up incidents to get fame for his heroic actions. Some implied that he was a true hero in the past.
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien[]
His first appearance is in Ultimate Alien's "Hero Time". There, Captain Nemesis has planned a staged kidnapping on Jennifer Nocturne by sending some men to keep her hostage and so Captain Nemesis can save her and make a come back to front page news, Before Captain Nemesis arrived he needed to put on his armor, and while he was getting his armor ready by his men, Ben Tennyson transform into Spidermonkey and defeat most of the men that was keeping Jennifer Nocturne hostage, finally Captain Nemesis arrived, but only stop one that was trying to escape. Ben Tennyson got most of the credit and Jennifer Nocturne kiss him for saving her life, and it made Captain Nemesis jealous, despite saying he is his biggest fan.
Captain Nemesis invited many people to come to his party at his building, including Jennifer Nocturne, who also brought Ben Tennyson to party to see Captain Nemesis, due to being his bigger fan. However, everyone at the party we're more interested of Ben than Captain Nemesis, making Captain Nemesis more jealous.
Captain Nemesis had second hero plan, He released Computron and his minions from Dimension 12, so he can defeat them and have the opportunity to prove that he is a better hero than Ben. Will Harangue was capture some the footage on film, but another news crew capture all as well. Ben Tennyson arrived as Jetray than transforms into Armodrillo and destroy Computron's Minions, and Captain Nemesis only destroy Computron leaving Ben who destroy most of the robots.
Nemesis attempts to be friendly toward Ben by challenging to a friendly hero competition to prove who the better hero, but Nemesis was hiding his jealousy. The first challenge was about strength, Ben win the first challenge easily as Humungousaur by throwing a train further than Captain Nemesis. The second challenge was about speed, His men equipped jet boosters behind his armor, Ben selected Jetray, but instead he was transform into Rath, Nemesis win the second challenge, Rath got angry and attack Nemesis, Jennifer Nocturne asks Rath what he is doing, Rath then transforms back into Ben and Ben say "Sorry Rath just get carry away sometime". Then, there was tie breaker and the final round was a a tug-of-war that was held over a mud pit. Ben wins as Four Arms and Nemesis lost, Ben Tennyson was the winner of the hero competition and Captain Nemesis was humiliated, but Ben as Four Arms respect and say that Nemesis put up a good fight, but Nemesis didn't appreciate Ben's kindness.
Later Captain Nemesis was jealous and rancorous toward Ben Tennyson and wanted revenge on him, Nemesis asks his men to remove the safeguards from his armor. One of his men was going to warn him about danger, but Nemesis didn't want to know about it and he says if he wants to defeat Ben Tennyson, he needs more power. His assistant Simons tells him not to do it, saying that this would be a mistake. Simons also says that working alongside with Captain Nemesis was the greatest honor of his life and begs him not to do it, but Nemesis refused and yells at him to leave, upsetting Simons so much that he obeys his boss's orders and walks away. Nemesis tells his men to remove the safeguards of his armor. Nemesis kidnap Julie Yamamoto and Jennifer Nocturne. Ben Tennyson was in his car. He calls Julie Yamamoto if want to go Mr. Smoothy with him, Nemesis answers Ben "come and get me" if he wants to see her again.
Ben went to his lair and transforms into Humungousaur and then Ultimate Humungousaur then have a battle with Captain Nemesis. Nemesis then put Julie and Jennifer in danger, Ben save Julie as Goop and Jennifer was saved by Kevin and Gwen. Nemesis then have a battle with Ben as Goop, Gwen, Kevin. Ben as Goop said to Captain Nemesis if he can turn his armor off, they can have a talk. Captain Nemesis finally snaps at Ben, expresses his disgust and disillusion towards Tennyson, unable to believe that he wasted his life saving people like Ben, Nemesis said that Captain Nemesis is dead and he renamed himself Overlord.
Ben Tennyson transform from Goop into Water Hazard (selected alien was Big Chill), Water Hazard shoot ice cold water at Nemesis' armor and his armor started to steam, then Water Hazard absorb the moisture from the air and cause Nemesis' armor to break making him powerless. Nemesis refuses to admit defeat while arrogantly proclaiming that he can still be the better hero than Ben. Angry that Captain Nemesis was not a hero anymore, Water Hazard defeated Nemesis by ruthlessly punching him several times. Water Hazard then transforms back into Ben, and Ben say to Nemesis that being hero isn't about fame, it about helping people. Captain Nemesis was then arrested by the police and was taken to prison for his actions, and his popularity was lost as well.
Carl Nesmith makes his return in "Catch a Falling Star", Jennifer Nocturne, who developed a Stockholm Syndrome, helped him to escape prison and also bring him a gauntlet from his old armor, and Carl Nesmith wanted revenge on Ben Tennyson for ruining his life. Nesmith took Jennifer to a Motel and Jennifer Nocturne dyed her hair black when she and Nesmith were there. Later, Carl Nesmith battles Ben to a hand-to-hand fight, but Nesmith was losing. Later, Carl Nesmith and Jennifer Nocturne went to a vet to meet veterinary named Dr. Pervis to give him plastic surgery, After Dr. Pervis finished Nesmith's plastic surgery, Nesmith killed Dr. Pervis and put him in a cold room.
Ben 10: Omniverse[]
In "The Vengers", Carl met Kane North outside of prison, and presented a new entrepreneur: Billy Billions, who wanted to form a new group with them. With Billy's help, they both got new and more powerful armors.
After the Vengers became more popular than Ben himself, he and North started to compete to see who was the most popular. It just got worse when they all wanted to rename the group, and ultimately led to the Nemesis Tower and the Billions Tower shooting at each other, with Ben going back into action to stop them. However, this battle was transmitted live by Harangue which caused all of Bellwood to know the truth about the Vengers. When the police arrived, the whole group escaped with the police in hot pursuit.
Powers and Abilities[]
Carl Nesmith possesses no natural superpowers. Instead, he wears a battlesuit that he gains power from:
- Superhuman Strength: His suit gives him an unknown degree of enhanced strength.
- Superhuman Durability: The armor on his suit protects him from any physical damage.
- Flight: His suit can be equipped with jet boosters that allow him to fly with increased speed.
- Energy Beams: He can project and harness yellow energy beams from his gauntlets. One laser blast can kill a human with just one shot.
Weaknesses[]
Carl Nesmith is useless without his armor.
Victims[]
- Two prison guards (implied)
- Dr. Pervis
- Unnamed driver
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Carl's moniker comes from the idea that he is the nemesis of criminals.
- Ironically, Captain Nemesis is a very villain-sounding name, fitting his descent into villainy.
- Captain Nemesis has some similarities to Iron Man from Marvel Comics, being a tycoon who fights in an high-tech suit of armor that grants him superpowers, has a Jarvis-like butler in the form of Mr. Simons, and being immensely egotistical. The two biggest differences between them are that Captain Nemesis only fights for selfish reasons while Iron Man is a genuine hero, and Iron Man builds all of his equipment himself while Captain Nemesis seems to need a pit crew just to dress himself.
- Like most villains in the franchise, Carl Nesmith is a dark reflection of Ben: both were superheroes who found themselves at the peak of success, which allowed them to develop a high opinion of themselves; Julie even subtly notes their similarities. However, even when he is full of himself, Ben is still motivated by a genuine desire to protect people and cares deeply for his family, friends and allies, while Nesmith is nothing more than a fame-seeking fraud who is willing to endanger innocent lives and dispose of his own allies to maintain his own reputation. Nesmith serves as an example of what Ben would become if he allowed fame and attention consume him to the point of having no regard for other people's lives.
- Benzarro's version of Captain Nemesis is currently listed as missing.
- In a hint of irony, quite possibly Carl's most genuinely heroic act throughout his appearance is letting the heavily injured Jennifer Nocturne be taken for medical treatment (all the while, letting himself be turned in to the authorities), especially given his fondness for her.
