# Static MovieClip() function?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/static-movieclip-function/284954>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 25, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/static-movieclip-function/284954 "2009-03-25T14:35:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![IQAndreas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f08c70/32.png) [@IQAndreas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/IQAndreas)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/static-movieclip-function/284954/1 "2009-03-25T14:35:46Z")

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I was looking at a video tutorial, and in order to reference a MovieClip, the instructor used:  
var mc:MovieClip = MovieClip(e.currentTarget);

What is the difference between using that, and just using:  
var mc:MovieClip = e.currentTarget;

Also, is there any way to easily duplicate a MovieClip? (or any class for that matter) There was a function somewhere back there, but that created a dynamic class. I want an exact replica of the class and all it’s properties without manually changing over each and every value.