# Creating a copy of a MovieClip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-copy-of-a-movieclip/267606>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 3, 2008, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-copy-of-a-movieclip/267606 "2008-08-03T22:20:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![tibberous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@tibberous](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tibberous)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-copy-of-a-movieclip/267606/1 "2008-08-03T22:20:03Z")

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I have a movieclip that I need to copy. The movieclip loads items and adds them to its stage, so I don’t just want to make one like it and then have to reload the objects.