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 A television special (often TV special, or rarely television spectacular) is a standalone television show which may also temporarily interrupt episodic programming normally scheduled for a given time slot. Some specials provide a full range of ent ...

, 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 The Specials, also known as The Special AKA, are an English Two-tone (music genre), 2 tone and ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry. After some early changes, the first stable lineup of the group consisted of Terry Hall (singer), Terr ...

, 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 * ''The Specials'' (album), by the Specials, 1979 * ''The Specials'' (Shania Twain video), 2001

Songs

* "Special" (song), by Garbage, 1998 * "Special", by 21 Savage from ''

Issa Album ''Issa Album'' is the debut studio album by rapper 21 Savage. It was released on July 7, 2017, through Slaughter Gang and distributed by Epic Records. The album features production from frequent collaborator Metro Boomin, alongside Southside, Pi' ...

'', 2017 * "Special", by the Game from '' The Documentary'', 2005 * "Special", by Gucci Mane from ''Delusions of Grandeur (Gucci Mane album), Delusions of Grandeur'', 2019 * "Special", by Janet Jackson from ''The Velvet Rope'', 1997 * "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 (album), Republic'', 1993 * "Special", by Six60 from ''Six60 (2015 album), 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 (Vitamin C album), 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 * 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''