# Class MovieClip extends MovieClip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/class-movieclip-extends-movieclip/160533>\
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**Created:** [August 26, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/class-movieclip-extends-movieclip/160533 "2005-08-26T18:16:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![ElectricGrandpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@ElectricGrandpa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ElectricGrandpa)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/class-movieclip-extends-movieclip/160533/1 "2005-08-26T18:16:53Z")

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Hey guys, I was just wondering if there is any easy way to extend the MovieClip class itself, without making a new class? I’d like it to be equivalent to using MovieClip.prototype … or should I just use prototype?

-Matt