Special
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Special or specials may refer to:
Policing
[edit]- 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
[edit]Literature
[edit]- Specials (novel), a novel by Scott Westerfeld
- Specials, the comic book heroes, see Rising Stars (comic)
Film and television
[edit]- 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
[edit]- The Specials, a British 2 tone and ska revival band
Albums
[edit]- 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
[edit]- "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
[edit]- Specials (Unicode block), Unicode codepoints used for special usage
- An escape/extension mechanism in the Device independent file format (DVI)
Other uses
[edit]- 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
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