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), ''Specials'' (novel), a novel by Scott Westerfeld * ''Specials'', the comic book heroes, see Rising Stars (comic), ''Rising Stars'' (comic)

Film and television

* Special (lighting), a stage light that is used for a single, specific purpose * Special (film), ''Special'' (film), a 2006 scifi dramedy * The Specials (2000 film), ''The Specials'' (2000 film), a comedy film about a group of superheroes * The Specials (2019 film), ''The Specials'' (2019 film), a film by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano * Television special, television programming that temporarily replaces scheduled programming * Special (TV series), ''Special'' (TV series), a 2019 Netflix Original TV series * Specials (TV series), ''Specials'' (TV series), a 1991 TV series about British Special Constables * The Specials (TV series), ''The Specials'' (TV series), an internet documentary series about 5 friends with learning disabilities * Special (Lost), "Special" (Lost), an episode of the television series ''Lost''

Music

* The Specials, a British 2 tone and ska revival band

Albums

* Special (Lizzo album), ''Special'' (Lizzo album) or the title song, 2022 * Special (Vesta Williams album), ''Special'' (Vesta Williams album) or the title song, 1991 * The Specials (album), ''The Specials'' (album), by the Specials, 1979 * The Specials (Shania Twain video), ''The Specials'' (Shania Twain video), 2001

Songs

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