# Return MovieClip via Instance name

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/return-movieclip-via-instance-name/230811>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 29, 2007, 2:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/return-movieclip-via-instance-name/230811 "2007-06-29T02:45:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![denizengt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@denizengt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/denizengt)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 2:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/return-movieclip-via-instance-name/230811/1 "2007-06-29T02:45:18Z")

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Is it possible to retrieve a movieclip from the timeline via it’s instance name? I cannot find a function to do this in the livedocs…

Something like getMovieClip(“happyChicken”) or getMovieClip(i+1) returns a MovieClip Object.

Been a while since I touched flash so sorry about the Noob questions :p: