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
 * Special police forces

Military

 * Special forces
 * Special operations

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
 * Special 26 (2013 Film), an Indian Hindi-language period heist thriller, directed by Neeraj Pandey.
 * 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 2 tone and ska revival band

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 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

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
 * Ammunition such as the .38 Special, .41 Special and .44 Special
 * A euphemism for someone with a disability, especially an intellectual disability
 * Adcox Special, a biplane built in Portland, Oregon in 1929
 * Ellingston Special, 1930s American variable-geometry aircraft
 * SPECIAL System, the character creation system of the video game Fallout
 * Special, a playable cup in the Mario Kart franchise