Special

Special or the specials or variation, 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

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

 
 
 
 Special forces (disambiguation)