History Characters / NemesisSaga

A corrupt general who orchestrates experiments on the corpse of a giant monster discovered frozen in the arctic, and turns himself into a human/monster hybrid.

* HorrorHunger: When still maturing, her ravenous appetite leads her to devour thousands of people.

* MergerOfSouls: She is compelled to absorb another human should her original "Voice", Maigo, be removed. [[spoiler: The soul that replaces Maigo is Endo Katsu.]]

* TookALevelInDumbass: In ''Project 731'', without Maigo's consciousness to guide and focus her, Nemesis reacts to threats more slowly and only has a few moments of cunning.

!!! Other

[[folder:Humans]]

!! Maigo Tilly

* HeKnowsTooMuch: She walked in on her father murdering her mother and was killed as well.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: If it hadn't been for her death, Nemesis would never have been created.

!! Jon Hudson

!! Ashley Collins

!! Watson

!! Cooper

!! Woodstock

!! Mark Hawkins

* ActionDad: The events of ''Island 731'' turn him into one, with him adopting Lilly.
* HappilyAdopted: He was taken in by Howie Goodtracks, a member of the Ute reserve.
* HemanWomanHater: Has a few vibes at times, such as selecting the less bad ass or experienced Jon for a field mission in ''Project 731'' over Collins, Lilly and Maigo.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: He accidentally insults Lilly when they meet for the second time, prompting her to coldly leave him for dead.
* PromotionToParent: He takes Lilly in after the events of ''Island 731''.
* ProperlyParanoid: He's paranoid that the DARPA and G.O.D. won't stop looking for him and Lilly. He's right.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: He was thoroughly trained in tracking and hunting by his foster father, and became a park ranger.
* SuicidalOverconfidence: He took on a grizzly bear that he ''could'' have let walk away. He won, but the bear nearly killed him and gave him a nasty scar on his chest as a reminder. Howie gave him a WhatTheHellHero speech that led to him taking a sabbatical to find himself.
* TheStraightAndArrowPath: Used a bow and arrow to fight Gordon in ''Project Maigo'' seemingly useless but each arrow was actually explosive.

!! Maigo Hudson

!! Katsu Endo

* AntiVillain: He's an assassin, but not completely remorseless. That said, he suppresses whatever remorse he feels to get the job done.
* AscendedFanboy: He grew up in Japan watching the likes of Franchise/{{Godzilla}} and Film/{{Gamera}}. Now, he gets to live it, and he ''loves'' it.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: He's willing to betray anyone in order to facilitate his goals.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Alessi reveals that Katsu became the chief shareholder of a company. [[spoiler:Said company was Zoomb, which he used definitely illicit means to seize control of. However, he's a rare ''benevolent'' example, since he makes Jon his successor before merging with Nemesis.]]
* FriendlyEnemy: To Jon, and to a lesser extent the other DHS-P personnel. He doesn't think of them as enemies per sae and genuinely respects them.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Kendo works alongside both the villains and heroes to achieve his goals, changing sides like shirts. [[spoiler:Ultimately, he proves a force for good.]]
* HiddenAgendaVillain: He keeps his true loyalties secret from everyone, though Jon eventually figures him out.
* ProfessionalKiller: In the first book, he works for General Gordon. In the second book he works for Zoomb. [[spoiler:In the third book, he works as a double-agent for GOD.]] His job: disposing of people.
* SmugSnake: He's a little too smug about his impressive skills.

!! General Lance Gordon

* BigBad: He's the main antagonist of the first two novels.
* DirtyOldMan: When Nemesis was still human, he considered commissioning a second clone of Maigo for... personal use.
* IAmAHumanitarian: He acquires a taste for human flesh once his metamorphosis kicks in.
* IfICantHaveYou: He wants to add Nemesis to his army of monsters, but failing that he intends to kill her.
* LightningBruiser: After his metamorphosis he becomes insanely strong, fast, and durable.
* OneWingedAngel: The heart transplant he got from Nemesis slowly transforms him into an 8-foot-tall miniature Kaiju.
* PsychicLink: Transplanting Nemesis's heart grants him a psychic link to her, which is severed by Jon at the end of the first book.
* SanitySlippage: Endo notes that while Gordon was always a ruthless psychopath, transplanting Nemesis's heart caused him to become increasingly bloodthirsty and sadistic.
* ShootingSuperman: He develops a black exoskeleton that renders him immune to bullets.
* TheSociopath: He is ruthless and remorseless in his actions, leading to his subordinates being terrified of him.
* TranshumanTreachery: After his metamorphosis begins, he completely abandons his humanity.
* UnwittingPawn: ''Project Hyperion'' reveals he was one to Zachary Cole.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Developed a reputation of having Endo dispose of people he no longer considered useful.

!! Maggie Aessi

* ActionGirl: She's more than capable of taking care of herself in a fight, which is why she and Collins get along so well.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler:Mephos and some of his fellow Ferox take turns impersonating the late Maggie Aessi in order to shepherd Jon's progress.]]
* HonestCorporateExecutive: She takes over the operation of her brother's company.
* LongLostRelative: She's Katsu Endo's half-sister. [[spoiler:Or at least she was. She died years before the series started, and was impersonated by a trio of Ferox, one of whom was also operating as Zachary Cole of GOD.]]

!! Alico Brice

* GreaterScopeVillain: He was in charge of GOD's bioweapons development devision. More than that, his original self was one of the people who established Island 731, making him directly responsible for the events of the ''Island 731'' novel.
* HeelFaceTurn: One of his clones was flawed (read: possessed a conscience), causing him to defect to join the [=FC-P=] team.
* MadScientist: He is a sociopathic scientist with an insatiable thirst for knowledge, in charge of GOD's experiments on animals and bioweapons development.
* TheSociopath: Most of his clones are without empathy for other living things, enabling them to carry out grotesque experiments with no inhibitions.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Cole says as much of him after he's killed. It's later revealed he's lying - or at least talking about that specific clone.

!! Zachary Cole

* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler:Mephos and some of his fellow Ferox take turns impersonating the late Maggie Aessi in order to shepherd Jon's progress.]]
* EnemyMine: He proposes a temporary alliance between GOD and the [=FC-P=] in ''Project 731'', and again in ''Project Hyperion''.
* GreaterScopeVillain: As the director of GOD, he's indirectly behind the events of ''Island 731'' as well as ''Project Nemesis''. [[spoiler:With the revelation that he's actually a Ferox, he and his kind become this for the entire series.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: In ''Project Legion'' he and GOD side with the [=FC-P=] in order to combat the Aeros invasion.
* HeroicSacrifice: He teleports the overloading Bell to the Aeros homeworld and blows it up, sacrificing himself to wipe them from existence across the multiverse.
* HumansAreWarriors: All of his morally reprehensible actions have been to foster this trope.
* NecessarilyEvil: Cole frames the deplorable actions of GOD in this light in ''Project 731''. In ''Project Hyperion'', [[spoiler:he continues to defend the Ferox's brutal actions as necessary for stopping the even-worse Aeros]].
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: His true name, [[spoiler:Mephos, is based on the somewhat-benevolent demon Mephistopheles, who Mephos is the in-universe inspiration for]].
* RunningBothSides: As Zachary Cole, he is the director of GOD, responsible for numerous atrocities. [[spoiler:As Maggie Aessi, she is head of Zoomb and one of Hudson's closest allies.]]
* TheSociopath: He is described as one by Alico Brice.
* StartXToStopX: He is a firm supporter of fighting fire with fire.
* StoutStrength: He's described as being a squat man in a suit coat, but he can more-than hold his own in a fight.
* VoluntaryShapeshifter: It's revealed in the penultimate book that [[spoiler:he's a Ferox named Mephos -- the inspiration for the demon Mephistopheles from the legend of Faust]].
* WarHawk: He exposes the notion that war and violence are necessary for evolution.

[[folder: Kaiju]]

Shared tropes:

* BigDumbBody: In ''Project 731'' and ''Project Hyperion'', it's revealed that without a host [[spoiler:the Gestorumque have slower reflexes and lack fighting skills.]]
* BioluminescenceIsCool: The kaiju related to Nemesis Prime have glowing membranes which contain an explosive fluid.
* BioweaponBeast: The kaiju -- or Gestorumque -- were engineered by [[spoiler:an evil alien species called the Aeros in order to facilitate their conquest of the Multiverse]].
* GiantEqualsInvincible: Subverted. They are able to withstand a M.O.A.B. with their armor on, but if their lower skin is exposed they can be easily taken down.
* KillAllHumans: The Kaiju were engineered with the intention of [[OmnicidalManiac exterminating the native inhabitants of the worlds they are sent to]].
* KillItWithFire: Should you pierce the membranes of Nemesis and her kin, the fluid inside will ignite with the force of a small nuclear bomb.
* TheSymbiote: The black exoskeletons of Nemesis Prime, her clone, and her offspring are formed from a symbiotic fungus. [[spoiler:They also function as a pseudo-MeatPuppet for their Voice by way of SharingABody.]]

!! Nemesis
* AssholeVictim: A lot of her victims she intentionally kills are those who had it coming.
* AttackReflector: In the second book she uses her wings to reflect Karkinos's self-immolation blast back at him and slice him in half.
* BewareMyStingerTail: Her tail is tipped with a trident-shaped spike which she uses to stab and/or slash her opponents.
* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: She has Nemesis Prime's torture-induced instinct to punish all injustice, no matter how minor. Those who get in her way are expendable.
* BloodyMurder: The glowing orange blood-like fluid contained in the membranes explodes with the force of a small nuke when it reacts to oxygen.
* BreathWeapon: She can vomit globules of the explosive orange fluid, an ability Hudson dubs "Scorching Contempt".
* ClippedWingAngel: Nemesis's "Stage 4" form has wings that she can use to refract and focus sunlight into a deadly weapon, but in order to do so she has to shed her "Stage 3" form's exoskeleton and becomes vulnerable to attacks.
* DarkActionGirl: She is a female kaiju driven to punish those she deems guilty, no matter how minor the crime.
* DarkIsNotEvil: If anything, she's the lesser evil of the dangers she faces.
* FemmeFatalons: Her fingers are tipped with enormous claws.
* GeneticMemory: She possesses Maigo's memories as well as Nemesis Prime's, due to her genetic link to both.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: When she is stripped of a human "soul", her eyes glow orange.
* GoodIsNotNice: She may be the lesser evil, but make no mistake that she will screw you over in her rampages or battles, especially if you've done wrong.
* HalfHumanHybrid: She was created when a fetal clone of Maigo Tilly was injected with Nemesis Prime's genetic material, and initially resembled an adult version of Maigo.
* TheHeavy: In the first book she causes the majority of the devastation, but Gordon is the main antagonist.
* HorrorHunger: When still maturing, her ravenous appetite leads her to devour thousands of people.
* LightIsNotGood: When she sheds her armor and uses her wings, that's a clear sign you're about to get vaporized.
* LightningBruiser: Surprisingly agile for something the size of a small skyscraper.
* MaleGaze: Both Gordon and Dr. Kendra Elliot ogle her T&A when she still looked human. The discovery she was starting to grow a tail acted as a mood killer.
* MergerOfSouls: She is compelled to absorb another human should her original "Voice", Maigo, be removed. [[spoiler: The soul that replaces Maigo is Endo Katsu.]]
* {{Metamorphosis}}: In the first book Nemesis starts out looking like an 18 year-old Japanese girl, then rapidly transforms into a massive black-armored beast.
* NecessarilyEvil: Her existence becomes this with the revelation that other monsters exist.
* NotQuiteDead: She seemingly succumbs to her wounds fighting her "siblings" and the military at the end of the second book, but in the third book is revealed to have entered a hibernation-like state to recover.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: She is driven to kill those who she deems guilty. Those who get in the way are collateral damage.
* PunyEarthlings: Nemesis initially takes a very contemptuous view of humanity, considering them to be prey at best. Maigo's influence softens this outlook such that Nemesis begins attempting to avoid collateral damage in her fights.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Nemesis horrifically kills thousands of people - innocent and otherwise - to avenge Maigo's death.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: When Nemesis still looked human, Dr. Kendra Elliot laments that Maigo would have grown into a shapely young woman had she lived. Gordon calls her out on staring, then does it himself and makes plans to commission another clone for... [[DirtyOldMan personal use]].
* SwordOfDamocles: Nemesis' very existence causes the global crime rate to plummet and various wars to abruptly grind to a ceasefire.
* TookALevelInBadass: After she [[spoiler:assimilates Endo, she becomes proficient in martial arts]].
* TookALevelInDumbass: In ''Project 731'', without Maigo's consciousness to guide and focus her, Nemesis reacts to threats more slowly and only has a few moments of cunning.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Yes, Nemesis ate a lot of people in the first book, some of whom deserved it and most of whom didn't, but she tried to make quick kills. In the second book she's necessary to stop the other monsters and typically disabled them with a purpose before finishing them. Without Maigo to temper her rage and bloodlust in the third book, Nemesis is suddenly a lot crueler and drags out kills.
* WasOnceAMan: She started out as a clone of Maigo Tilly, which was spliced with the genetic material of an alien monster as an embryo.
* WhatIsThisFeeling: Initially Nemesis was defined solely by instinctual rage and bloodlust, but over time Maigo's consciousness began asserting itself in the form of emotions like love, compassion, and kindness. Nemesis was [[EvilCannotComprehendGood initially confused and disgusted]] by such [[LoveIsAWeakness weak emotions]], but by the end of the first book she comes to accept Maigo's presence within her.
* WingsDoNothing: While she can't use them to fly, her wings are covered in feather-like scales can be used to focus sunlight onto a single target.

!! Karkinos

* BackFromTheDead: He and the rest of Nemesis Prime's offspring return in ''Project Hyperion'', [[spoiler:having been cloned by G.O.D. Of them, he's the only one to survive fighting with Lovecraft and Giger.]]
* BashBrothers: With Typhon out of his brood. As well as [[spoiler: as a clone with Giger in a later book.]]
* BewareMyStingerTail: Has a scythe-like blade at the end of its tail.
* DistaffCounterpart: He is described as being a bulkier, male version of Nemesis.

!! Typhon
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Mets his end by getting bitten in half by Scylla.
* ItCanThink: Being the most anthropomorphic of Nemesis Prime's children, he's also cunning and sadistic.
* NightmareFace: He has ''Film/{{Predator}}''-type mandibles.

!! Scylla

* HeelFaceTurn: Not of her own will but she teams up with Nemesis by mind control.
* ThreateningShark: She's explicitly stated to have a head similar to that of a hammerhead shark.

!! Drakon

* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: He is very crocodilian in appearance.
* NightmareFace: He can open his mouth vertically ''and'' horizontally.
* ShoutOut: To ''Film/PacificRim'''s Raiju, another crocodilian kaiju with multiple jaws.

!! Scrion

* UglyCute: [[invoked]] He's stated to have a face like a reptilian pug, and be cute in a horrific fashion.
* TooDumbToLive: His unrelenting desire to kill Nemesis, coupled with the sheer difference in size and fighting ability, resulted in his death.

!! Megatsuchi

* BewareMyStingerTail: Its ovipositor is too big to infect humans, but perfectly-sized to infect Kaiju.
* BigEater: It devours thousands of people during its rampage across the US desert.
* ChestBurster: It was born from a tsuchi infecting Nemesis.
* GiantSpider: It's the last surviving BFS that infected Nemesis.
* LegoGenetics: Much like a [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorph]], it assimilated the DNA of its host.
* PowerPincers: By the time its matured, its claws have grown into razor-sharp pincers.
* ShockAndAwe: Its mandibles are electrified.
* SoleSurvivor: It's the sole surviving tsuchi born of Nemesis.

!! Nemesis Prime

* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: Well, not "evil" per sae, but ruthlessly dedicated to justice no matter how many innocents die in the process? Hell yeah!
* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: She was tortured and genetically manipulated into instinctively punishing all injustice, no matter how minor, and even if it meant wiping out entire civilizations.
* DrivenToMadness: A hostile alien species [[spoiler:called the Aeros captured her and turned her into a monster to wipe out their enemies, the Ferox and Atlantide]].
* LongDeadBadass: She died millennia ago, but was powerful enough to be feared and worshipped as a goddess.
* MonsterIsAMommy: Prime is the mother of Karkinos, Typhon, Scylla, Drakon, and Scrion.
* MonsterProgenitor: Her children are similar-but-different to her.
* MultipleTailedBeast: Unlike her children and clone, Nemesis Prime has three tails.
* PhysicalGod: She was worshipped as the goddess of vengeance by the ancient Greeks.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Artwork of her for ''Colossal Kaiju Combat'' reveals her bioluminescent areas are more red than orange.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Her name is spelt as both "Nemesis Prime" and "Nemesis-Prime", with the former being the most-utilized.
* TorsoWithAView: [[spoiler:The end result of her battle with Hyperion left her with a gaping hole in her body.]]
* TrulySingleParent: Nemesis Prime's offspring were born asexually, which raises some interesting questions for Nemesis's future.

!! Lovecraft

* BreathWeapon: It can spit a tar substance that neutrilizes the explosive membranes of Nemesis. It is also handy for binding and blinding enemies when in a pinch.
* CombatTentacles: It has a face like an octopus, complete with tentacles.
* {{Cthulhumanoid}}: It was created using Aeros genetic material, giving it a cephalopod-like head. Its body is gorilla-like, and it has large wings.
* {{Expy}}: It's described as looking identical to Franchise/{{Cthulhu|Mythos}}, though it's not an EldritchAbomination.
* GiantFlyer: Lovecraft's wings normally can't be used for flight, instead being used as a shield to block attacks. If it [[BringMyBrownPants voids the majority of her bulk]], however, it becomes flight-capable.
* HealingFactor: It can regenerate minor injuries.
* LampreyMouth: It has a round mouth ringed with teeth.
* ShoutOut: Hudson names it after the cosmic horror author Howard Phillips Lovecraft, positing that the Ferox collaborated with its namesake's writings in an attempt to install a fear of anything with tentacles for a face in mankind.

!! Giger

* BewareMyStingerTail: It has a long, segmented tail tipped with a sharp blade.
* {{Metamorphosis}}: Like Nemesis Prime and her offering, it can shed its exoskeleton to assume a smaller, sleeker, but no less deadly form.
* LightningBruiser: With its thin build and sharp tail it can run circles around enemies before cutting them up.
* ShoutOut: Lilly named it as one to Hans Rudolf Giger, the artist who designed the [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorphs]].
* XenomorphXerox: It bears a strong outward resemblance to the Xenomorphs from ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'', hence its name.

!! Ashtaroth

* AllYourPowersCombined: It possesses traits of all the other Gestorumque.
* CombatTentacles: It has Lovecraft's tentacles for hands.
* GeneticAbomination: It is a gestalt of all the other Gestorumque created as the Aeros' ultimate weapon.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Its "zipper of sharp teeth" stretches back past its eyes, enabling it to open its jaws wide enough to swallow most smaller kaiju.
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: It's named after Astaroth, a [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Great Duke of Hell]] in Christian demonology said to form an Unholy Trinity with Satan and Beelzebub.

[[folder:Other]]

!! Lilly Shimura

!! Kaiju

!! Tsuchi

!! Hyperion

* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Each wrist can extend three blades.
* HumongousMecha: It's an alien war machine roughly the same height as Nemesis.
* MechanicalLifeforms: It is at least partially biomechanical in nature, as its body is made up of self-repairing metallic cells.
* RobotBuddy: It's given a mind of its own in ''Project: Legion'' allowing it to act independently of Maigo.
* ShockAndAwe: When it's ⅔ charged, it can swap its arm-blades out for electrified prongs.
* WaveMotionGun: Once fully charged, its head and arms can change into weapons that have enough firepower to [[spoiler: blow a hole through Nemesis Prime's entire body.]]
* WeaponizedTeleportation: It can teleport anywhere when at full power.

!! Ferox

!! Aeros

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* KickTheSonOfABitch: A lot of her victims she intentionally kills are those who had it coming.

* CloningBlues: She acknowledges that she isn't the original Maigo, though Jon wonders if it's secretly troubling her.

* CloningBlues: He has a number of clones.

* CloningBlues: The Aeros made at least one clone of her, dubbed Neo-Prime.

* NiceHat: Jon's trademark headgear is a maroon beanie which he uses to hide the fact he's going bald.

* HeelFaceTurn: In ''Project Legion'' he and GOD side with the [=FC P=] in order to combat the Aeros invasion.

* NecessarilyEvil: Cole frames the deplorable actions of GOD in this light in ''Project 731''.

* KillItWithFire: Should you pierce the membranes of Nemesis and her kin, the fluid inside with ignite with the force of a small nuclear bomb.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Yes, Nemesis ate a lot of people in the first book, some of whom deserved it and most of whom didn't, but she tried to make quick kills. In the second book she's neccesary to stop the other monsters and typically disabled them with a purpose before finishing them. Without Maigo to temper her rage and bloodlust in the third book, Nemesis is suddenly a lot crueler and drags out kills.

* WhatIsThisFeeling: Initially Nemesis is defined solely by instinctual rage and bloodlust, but over time Maigo's consciousness begins asserting itself in the form of emotions like love, compassion, and kindness. Nemesis is [[EvilCannotComprehendGood initially confused and disgusted]] by such [[LoveIsAWeakness weak emotions]], but by the end of the first book comes to accept Maigo's presence within her.

* Strapped toanOperatingTable: [[spoiler: She was captured, strip searched, and strapped to a stretcher during the Big Diomede infiltration after being caught in a dynamite explosion.]]

* StrappedtoanOperatingTable: [[spoiler: She was captured, strip searched, and strapped to a stretcher during the Big Diomede infiltration after being caught in a dynamite explosion.]]

* NecessaryEvil: Maigo is livid that Jon would readily agree to kill Nemesis, arguing that her former self is capable of defending mankind from threats nothing else can, even if it means sacrificing those caught in the crossfire.

* NotSoDifferent: He narrowly avoided being killed by his own father when he was a child, an experience that enables him to emphasize with Nemesis when he learns the truth of her past.

* BioluminescenceIsCool: Their glowing membranes, which contain an explosive fluid.

* KillAllHumans: The Kaiju were engineered with the intention of [[{{OmnicidalManiac}} exterminating the native inhabitants of the worlds they are sent to]].
* KillItWithFire: Should you pierce their membranes, the fluid inside with ignite with the force of a small nuclear bomb.

* IAmAHumanitarian / KillAllHumans: The Kaiju were engineered with the intention of [[{{OmnicidalManiac}} exterminating the native inhabitants of the worlds they are sent to]].

* IAmAHumanitarian: The Kaiju were engineered with the intention of exterminating the native inhabitants of the worlds they are sent to.

* SexyLibrarian: Hudson compares her to this trope since she's kept up on exercise after getting hurt in the first book.

* TechnologicallyBlindElders: Averted he easily keeps up with different types of helicopters and has zero issues with a super sonic secret jet.

* VagueAge: Hudson's best guess regarding her physical age when she separated from Nemesis is 16, though he admits that's only an estimate.

!!Nemesis

* LadyLooksLikeADude: Justified due to her looking like a five-year old child at a time, with her fur covering her naughty parts, but Mark thought she was a boy when she first met.

[[folder: Humans]]

!!Jon Hudson

* ActionDad: He becomes this for Maigo's clone.
* BattleCouple: He and Ashley Collins become this over the course of the first book.

* TheLancer: While Collins is Hudson's hypercompent fighting co-worker in the field it's Cooper that makes sure things run smoothly behind the scenes and handling, or cutting, red tape.
* DefrostingIceQueen: As the DHS-P goes through it's first real case, Nemesis, Hudson starts to see a softer side to her.

* CoolOldGuy: At sixty he's the oldest of the team, had a few tours in Vietnam, and is not afraid to constantly flying his helicopter very close to Kaiju.
* CoolPlane: Well, ''helicopter''. At first it's an old red-painted chopper, but after it's destroyed he gets a gift wrapped military helicopter, painted red. [[spoiler:In the third book he gets his hands on a prototype supersonic VTOL.]]

* BadassGrandpa: An old man that flies circles around Kaiju but he also seems to respect Lilly more than Maigo, teaching her how to pilot the CoolPlane between books.

A list of characters from ''Project Nemesis'', ''Island 731'', ''Project Maigo'', ''Project 731'', and ''Project Hyperion''.

* PlotRelevantAgeUp: Her original self died at the age of 13. Nemesis metamorphosed into a monster at approximately the age of 18, and Maigo 2.0 is physically 16.

* SupernaturalAngst: She's physically 16, with all the teenage issues that go with that, but not only does she have to deal with puberty but the memories of having been a 350 foot-tall revenge-obsessed monster with a taste for human flesh.
* VagueAge: Hudson's best guess regarding her physical age is 16, though he admits that's only an estimate.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Cole says as much of him after he's killed. [[spoiler:It's later revealed he's lying - or at least talking about that specific clone.

* BloodMagic: The glowing orange blood-like fluid contained in the membranes explodes with the force of a small nuke when it reacts to oxygen.

* SheIsAllGrownUp: When Nemesis still looked human, Dr. Kendra Elliot laments that Maigo would have grown into a shapely young woman had she lived. Gordon calls her out on staring, then does it himself.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Yes, Nemesis ate a lot of people in the first book, some of whom deserved it and most of whom didn't, but she tried to make quick kills. In the second she's neccesary to stop the other monsters and typically disabled them with a purpose before finishing them. Without Maigo to temper her rage and bloodlust in the third book, Nemesis is suddenly a lot crueler and drags out kills.

* {{Expy}}: It bears a strong outward resemblance to the Xenomorphs from ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'', hence its name.

* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: She laid a trio of eggs that hatched into cat-like creatures.

* CovertPervert: She likes watching 1970's pornography. The people were hairier back then.

* HappilyAdopted: She was adopted by Mark Hawkins and Avril Joliet. She later comes to consider Jon and Ashley to be her aunt and uncle, and treats Maigo's clone like a little sister.

* MamaBear: She initially tried to kill Hudson and Collins thinking they were going to hurt her children.

* WaveMotionGun: Once fully charged, its head and arms can change into weapons that have enough fire power to [[spoiler: blow a hole through Nemesis Prime's entire body.]]

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* AscendedFanboy: He grew up in Japan watching the likes of Franchise/{{Godzilla}} and Franchise/{{Gamera}}. Now, he gets to live it, and he ''loves'' it.

* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler:He and some of his fellow Ferox impersonate the late Maggie Aessi.]]

* BreathWeapon: It can spit a tar substance that neutrilizes the explosive membranes of Nemesis. It is also handy for binding and blinding enemeies when in a pinch.

* ShoutOut: Hudson names it after the cosmic horror author Howard Phillips Lovecraft, positing that the Ferox collaborated with her namesake's writings in an attempt to install a fear of anything with tentacles for a face in mankind.

* IncompatibleOrientation: When trying to convey an important message about Nemesis to the others while doped up on painkillers, she giddily quips that she "doesn't swing that way".

* {{Expy}}: It's described as looking identical to [[Main/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]], though it's not an EldritchAbomination.