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# Virtual Methods and Overriding

Practice overriding inherited methods in a child class to implement polymorphic behavior in C# scripts.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to override an inherited method from within the child class. This is very useful for implementing polymorphism.

## 1. Virtual Methods and Overriding

[Video](https://connect-mediagw.unity.com/h1/20190530/videos/4ef54d3e-c3a7-47f0-89ef-7c20262b1ae7_10_Virtual_Methods_and_Overriding.mp4) ([Transcript (en)](https://connect-mediagw.unity.com/h1/20200226/3f6dfe1f-bc97-4ec9-8cc0-41a44e449dd0_10_Virtual_Methods_and_Overriding.vtt))