# Stupid and simple question about stage/root

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stupid-and-simple-question-about-stage-root/304892>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 16, 2010, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stupid-and-simple-question-about-stage-root/304892 "2010-02-16T04:06:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![cry4dawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71c47a/32.png) [@cry4dawn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cry4dawn)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stupid-and-simple-question-about-stage-root/304892/1 "2010-02-16T04:06:27Z")

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If I have a movieclip loaded with Loader and I want it to call back down to the movie that loaded it how do i do that? referencing a root object just gets me to the root of the child not to the main stage. Thanks