Special Explained

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
• "Special", from the musical Avenue Q

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, the character creation system of the video game Fallout
• Special, a playable cup in the Mario Kart franchise

See also

• • • • Special attack (disambiguation)
• Special forces (disambiguation)