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Special may refer to:

• Special needs, a diagnosis used to classify children as needing more services than those children without special needs
• Special teams, units in American football and Canadian football that are on the field during kickoffs, free kicks, punts, and field goal and extra point attempts
• Television special, a television program, typically a short film or television movie, which interrupts or temporarily replaces scheduled programming
• Very special episode, an advertising term for an episode of a television program that deals with a serious and/or controversial social issue
• Special effects, visual effects used in the film, television, and entertainment industry to create scenes that cannot be achieved by normal means
• Adcox Special, a biplane built in Portland, Oregon in 1929
• The SPECIAL System, the character creation system of the computer role-playing game Fallout

In music:

• The Specials, a British Two Tone band formed in 1977 in Coventry
• "Special" (Garbage song), a 1998 song by Garbage
• "Special" (Mew song), a 2006 single by Danish indie band Mew

In film and television:

• "Special" (Lost), an episode of the TV series Lost
• Special (lighting), a stage light that is used for a single, specific purpose
• Special (film), a 2006 film about a man who believes he is a superhero.
• The Specials (film), a 2000 film about a group of superheroes on holiday.

Special may also be:

• A synonym for sale, especially rotating daily sales on one particular item in restaurants and department stores
• A kit car or one-off home built vehicle.
• A euphemism for someone with a mental disability
• A draught beer sold in Scotland, colloquially known as "heavy"; as distinct from other beers being "export" and lager

• Special forces (disambiguation)
• Specialization

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