# How to clone a movieclip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-clone-a-movieclip/268695>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 17, 2008, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-clone-a-movieclip/268695 "2008-08-17T11:19:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ayman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Ayman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ayman)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2008, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-clone-a-movieclip/268695/1 "2008-08-17T11:19:58Z")

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Is there a method to clone a movieclip, such that the same movieclip is displayed in 2 different displayObjectContainers at the same time?

A solution different than library linkage please 🙂