# Library vs stage movieclip placement

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/library-vs-stage-movieclip-placement/302530>\
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**Created:** [January 2, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/library-vs-stage-movieclip-placement/302530 "2010-01-02T18:00:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![lope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/43a26b/32.png) [@lope](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lope)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/library-vs-stage-movieclip-placement/302530/1 "2010-01-02T18:00:35Z")

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so i have a document class with added\_to\_stage handler, and when i get access to stage is there a difference between:

having few movieclips on the stage ready for use, or pulling these same movieclips from the library?

is there a reason why i should be pulling them from the library (and i dont mean multiple instances, just single item of each) when i can “leave” them on stage and get them directly?