Special or Specials may refer to:

Policing

  • Officer of the Ulster Special Constabulary, Northern Ireland (1920–1970)
  • Special Constable, an auxiliary, volunteer or part-time officer
  • Special police forces

Arts and entertainment

Film

  • Special (film), a 2006 sci-fi dramedy
  • The Specials (2000 film), a superhero comedy
  • Special 26, a 2013 Indian period heist
  • The Specials (2019 film), a French drama

Music albums

  • Special (Lizzo album) or the title song, 2022
  • Special (Vesta Williams album) or the title song, 1991
  • Special (The Temptations album), 1989
  • ’’Special’’ (Jimmy Cliff album), 1982
  • The Specials (album), by the Specials, 1979
  • The Specials (Shania Twain video), 2001

Songs

  • "Special" (Garbage song), 1998
  • "Special" (SZA song), 2022
  • "Special" (Lizzo song), 2023
  • "Specialz", by King Gnu, 2023
  • "Special", by 21 Savage from Issa Album, 2017
  • "Special", by the Game from The Documentary, 2005
  • "Special", by Gucci Mane from Delusions of Grandeur, 2019
  • "Special", by Janet Jackson from The Velvet Rope, 1997
  • "Special", by Lee Hi featuring Jennie from First Love, 2013
  • "Special", by the Mekons from I Love Mekons, 1993
  • "Special", by Mew from And the Glass Handed Kites, 2005
  • "Special", by Monsta X from The Connect: Dejavu, 2018
  • "Special", by New Order from Republic, 1993
  • "Special", by Shifty Shellshock from Happy Love Sick, 2004
  • "Special", by Six60 from Six60, 2015
  • "Special", by Stephen Lynch from A Little Bit Special, 2000
  • "Special", by Violent Femmes from The Blind Leading the Naked, 1986
  • "Special", by Vitamin C from More, 2001
  • "Special", from the musical Avenue Q

Television

  • 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

Other media

  • Special (lighting), a stage light for a one-off purpose
  • Specials (novel), a novel by Scott Westerfeld
  • The Specials, a British 2 tone and ska revival band
  • SPECIAL, the Fallout video game series' player stats system
  • Specials, the comic book heroes, see Rising Stars (comic)

Computing

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

Military and weapons

  • Special forces
  • Special operations
  • Ammunition such as the .38 Special, .41 Special, .44 Special and .500 S&W Special

Vehicles

  • A kit car or one-off home-built vehicle
  • Adcox Special, a 1929 biplane
  • Ellingston Special, a 1930s variable-geometry aircraft

Other uses

  • A special price, a form of discounts and allowances
  • A euphemism for someone with a disability, especially an intellectual disability

See also

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