Special

Special or specials may refer to:

Policing

• Specials, Ulster Special Constabulary, the Northern Ireland police force
• Specials, Special Constable, an auxiliary, volunteer, or temporary; police worker or police officer

Literature

• Specials (novel), a novel by Scott Westerfeld
• Specials, the comic book heroes, see Rising Stars (comic)

Film and television

• Special (lighting), a stage light that is used for a single, specific purpose
• Special (film), a 2006 scifi dramedy
• The Specials (2000 film), a comedy film about a group of superheroes
• The Specials (2019 film), a film by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano
• Television special, television programming that temporarily replaces scheduled programming
• Special (TV series), a 2019 Netflix Original TV series
• Specials (TV series), a 1991 TV series about British Special Constables
• The Specials (TV series), an internet documentary series about 5 friends with learning disabilities
• "Special" (Lost), an episode of the television series Lost

Music

• The Specials, a British ska music band from the late 70s/early 80s

Albums

• Special (album), a 1992 album by Vesta Williams
• The Specials (album), British ska band The Specials first album
• More Specials, British ska band The Specials second album
• The Specials (Shania Twain video), a 2001 DVD release

Songs

• "Special" (Garbage song), 1998
• "Special", a 2005 song by Mew from And the Glass Handed Kites
• "Special", a 2000 song by Stephen Lynch from A Little Bit Special
• "Special", a 1992 song by Vesta Williams from Special
• "Special", a 1986 song by Violent Femmes from The Blind Leading the Naked
• "Special", a 2005 song by The Game from The Documentary

Computing

• Specials (Unicode block), Unicode codepoints used for special usage
• An escape/extension mechanism in the Device independent file format (DVI)

Other uses

• A special price, a form of discounts and allowances
• A kit car or one-off home built vehicle
• A euphemism for someone with a disability, especially an intellectual disability
• Adcox Special, a biplane built in Portland, Oregon in 1929
• The SPECIAL System, the character creation system of the video game Fallout

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Special
• All pages with titles containing specials
• All pages with titles containing special
• Special forces (disambiguation)