# What's the rule of tracing the instances on stage?

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**Created:** [May 5, 2009, 9:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-the-rule-of-tracing-the-instances-on-stage/287688 "2009-05-05T09:51:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 9:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-the-rule-of-tracing-the-instances-on-stage/287688/1 "2009-05-05T09:51:48Z")

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Sometimes I got

[object MovieClip]

Sometimes I got

[object SomeName]

I don’t know why! I never click the “export for actionscript” and the symbol names in my library are given “Onename” “SomeName”, rather than “MovieClip” …

Thanks !