# Get Movie Clip Problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-movie-clip-problem/304679>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 11, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-movie-clip-problem/304679 "2010-02-11T18:12:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![shapper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@shapper](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shapper)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-movie-clip-problem/304679/1 "2010-02-11T18:12:12Z")

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Hello,

I have a MC on my stage and I am trying to get it using the following:  
var r: MovieClip = getChildByName(‘MyMovie’);

I get an error:  
1118: Implicit coercion of a value with static type flash.display:DisplayObject to a possibly unrelated type flash.display:MovieClip.

What am I doing wrong?

Thank You,  
Miguek