History Awesome / TheSpecials

** The Special AKA single Free Nelson Mandela, and the formation of Artists Against Apartheid both contributed to the international movement against apartheid in South Africa.

* The Specials had to form their own record label and put out their first single on their own, because nobody in London would give an unsigned band from Coventry the time of day. Within months they had a distribution deal with Chrysalis. The 2 Tone label released hit after hit and launched the careers of groups like the Beat and the Selecter as well as '
Music/UB40.

* The Specials had to form their own record label and put out their first single on their own, because nobody in London would give an unsigned band from Coventry the time of day. Within months they had a distribution deal with Chrysalis. The 2 Tone label released hit after hit and launched the careers of groups like the Beat and the Selecter as well as 'Music/UB40'.

* The Specials had to form their own record label and put out their first single on their own, because nobody in London would give an unsigned band from Coventry the time of day. Within months they had a distribution deal with Chrysalis. The 2 Tone label released hit after hit and launched the careers of groups like the Beat and the Selecter as well as UB40.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BDILyaEiBU The impromptu dance performance]] at the club with Alien Orphan, Power Chick, Amok, and Mr. Smart. Their leadership may be in shambles, their toy deal in the garbage (admittedly, it was a rotten deal), and all of them are trying to [[DrowningMySorrows trying to forget the night's events with copious amount of booze]]. But then, Alien Orphan starts dancing, and the others get on up there with him, and the crowd is ''thrilled.'' It's the first real sign that the team is not dead. And since this is Creator/JamesGunn, he picks the obscure but awesome [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16kh-AP4OCU "Life is a Rock"]] to play for it.
* On a meta level, when you realize that this "seventh best superhero team" is what paved the way for the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse darkhorse ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''.

* The very end of the film. After the Strobe declared the splitting up of the Specials [[spoiler: the rest of the Specials have been arguing with him to get him to change his mind but he's adamant.]] Then they turn on the news and see a press release from the Crusaders mocking the Specials newest recruit, Night Bird and her bird powers: [[spoiler: laying eggs. Also, the press release is an interview with Weevil, who was thinking about leaving the Specials to join the Crusaders even before the Specials disbanded.]] Just seeing that makes the Strobe, without even thinking about it, immediately defend Night Bird's abilities and get the Specials to bond over how cool her [[spoiler: egg-laying-power]] is. They get interrupted when Ms. Indestructible gets a call about an army of giant ants invading the pentagon. She points out that the Annihilators are in Europe, and the Trio are on Saturn. The Specials are the only ones left! The Strobe immediately jumps back into leading the team to save the day, only a night after they broke up. Why can't the Crusaders handle it? They're too busy doing a press tour to actually save the day.

* On a meta level, when you realize that this "seventh best superhero team" is what paved the way for the MarvelCinematicUniverse darkhorse ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BDILyaEiBU The impromptu dance performance]] at the club with Alien Orphan, Power Chick, Amok, and Mr. Smart. Their leadership may be in shambles, their toy deal in the garbage (admittedly, it was a rotten deal), and all of them are trying to [[DrowningMySorrows trying to forget it all with copious amount of booze]]. But then, Alien Orphan starts dancing, and the others get on up there with him, and the crowd is ''thrilled.'' It's the first real sign that the team is not dead. And since this is Creator/JamesGunn, he picks the obscure but awesome [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16kh-AP4OCU "Life is a Rock"]] to play for it.

* The impromptu dance performance at the club with Alien Orphan, Power Chick, Amok, and Mr. Smart. Their leadership may be in shambles, their toy deal in the garbage (admittedly, it was a rotten deal), and all of them are trying to [[DrowningMySorrows trying to forget it all with copious amount of booze]]. But then, Alien Orphan starts dancing, and the others get on up there with him, and the crowd is ''thrilled.'' It's the first real sign that the team is not dead. And since this is Creator/JamesGunn, he picks the obscure but awesome [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16kh-AP4OCU "Life is a Rock"]] to play for it.

* The very end of the film. After the Strobe declared the splitting up of the Specials [[spoiler: the rest of the Specials have been arguing with him to get him to change his mind but he's adamant.]] Then they turn on the news and see a press release from the Crusaders mocking the Specials newest recruit, Night Bird and her bird powers: [[spoiler: laying eggs. Also, the press release is an interview with Weevil, who was thinking about leaving the Specials to join the Crusaders even before the Specials disbanded.]] Just seeing that makes the Strobe, without even thinking about it, immediately defend Night Bird's abilities and get the Specials to bond over how cool her [[spoiler: egg-laying-power]] is. They get interrupted when Ms. Indestructible gets a call about an army of giant ants invading the pentagon. She points out that the Annihilators are in Europe, and the Trio are on Saturn. The Specials are the only ones left! The Strobe immediately jumps back into leading the team to save the day, only a night after they broke up. Why can't the Crusaders handle it? They're too busy doing a press tour to actually save the day.