# \_parent path/movieclip issue

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-parent-path-movieclip-issue/220557>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 27, 2007, 11:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-parent-path-movieclip-issue/220557 "2007-03-27T11:36:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![honeywood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d78d45/32.png) [@honeywood](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/honeywood)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 11:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-parent-path-movieclip-issue/220557/1 "2007-03-27T11:36:08Z")

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I have attached the .fla to explain a little clearer

I have a timeline with 4 movieclips in it. each movieclip has its own timeline too. Within each movie clip is a button telling teh \_parent timeline to jump up a level and stop on a certain frame. Whilst there also stop the movieclip that resides on that frame. The later doesn’t work???  
Not sure why but the A/S doesn’t seem to pick up the path to the second movieclip ‘twoloopms’

Within scene 1 \> 1loopms (mc) the right hand next button can find the parent level fine:

```
this._parent.gotoAndStop(176);

```

On this main top level it stops and the movieclip which sits in that keysframe plays automatically, even when I say:

```
this._parent._parent.twoloopms.gotoAndStop(54);

```

I am sure it should just work!!!  
Any suggestions would be more than welcome