# Special Effects

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A '''[special effect](/source/special_effect)''' is an illusion or visual trick used in the film, television, theatre, video game, and simulator industries.

'''Special Effect(s)''' may also refer to:

*''[Tokusatsu](/source/Tokusatsu)'', Japanese film genre that literally means "special effects."
*[''Special Effects'' (album)](/source/Special_Effects_(album)), an album by Tech N9ne
*[''Special Effects'' (film)](/source/Special_Effects_(film)), a 1984 film by Larry Cohen
*''Special Effects'', a 1972 film from Hollis Frampton's ''[Hapax Legomena](/source/Hapax_Legomena)'' cycle
*''[Special Effects: Anything Can Happen](/source/Special_Effects%3A_Anything_Can_Happen)'', a 1996 documentary film
*[SpecialEffect](/source/SpecialEffect), a UK-based charity

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