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'''Special''' or '''specials''' may refer to:
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==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)|''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
* [[Special 26]], a 2013 Indian Hindi-language period heist thriller film
* [[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
* [[Special (The Temptations album)|''Special'' (The Temptations album)]], 1989
* [[Special (Jimmy Cliff album)|’’Special’’ (Jimmy Cliff album)]], 1982
* [[The Specials (album)|''The Specials'' (album)]], by the Specials, 1979
* [[The Specials (Shania Twain video)|''The Specials'' (Shania Twain video)]], 2001

===Songs===
* [[Special (Garbage song)|"Special" (Garbage song)]], 1998
* [[Special (SZA song)|"Special" (SZA song)]], 2022
* [[Special (Lizzo song)|"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 (Gucci Mane album)|Delusions of Grandeur]]'', 2019
* "Special", by Janet Jackson from ''[[The Velvet Rope]]'', 1997
* "Special", by Lee Hi featuring Jennie from ''[[First Love (Lee Hi album)|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 (album)|Republic]]'', 1993
* "Special", by Shifty Shellshock from ''[[Happy Love Sick]]'', 2004
* "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
* "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]], [[.44 Special]] and [[.500 S&W 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
* [[Fallout (franchise)#SPECIAL|SPECIAL]], the character creation system of the video game ''Fallout''

==See also==
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* [[Special attack (disambiguation)]]
* [[Special forces (disambiguation)]]

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