# Call upon movie clip further up!
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/call-upon-movie-clip-further-up/29543
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [August 28, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/call-upon-movie-clip-further-up/29543 "2003-08-28T01:56:06Z")
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### Author:  [@trevorsaint](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/trevorsaint)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/call-upon-movie-clip-further-up/29543/1 "2003-08-28T01:56:06Z")
Hi all.
I have a movie clip and a movie clip inside that which I wish to call upon. I would normally use :
[AS]
\_root[“name”].gotoAndPlay(2);
[/AS]
however it is further up the chain, you would most likeley call it the child of the parent. I am unsure how to do this, could anyone advise me. I need to play the clip inside a movie clip, so the script above would not work unless i was playing the parent movie. so what is the action script for the next level up.
please advise
Trev
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/call-upon-movie-clip-further-up/29543/2 "2003-08-28T02:17:29Z")
no.
it would be:
```auto
tellTarget("_root.name"){
gotoAndPlay(2);
}
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/call-upon-movie-clip-further-up/29543/3 "2003-08-28T02:23:17Z")
Thanks for replying, no i understand. the action script i used would work fine, its just the movie clip is inside anouther movie clip, so i need to know the next stage up from that if you dont mind
cheers
trev
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/call-upon-movie-clip-further-up/29543/4 "2003-08-28T02:26:51Z")
If you are using MX you should use dot syntax too. I think you just need to target the movieClip correctly. If you have a movieClip (dog) in a movieClip (doghouse) and doghouse is on your main stage; you want to animate the dog by telling it to play frame two, you would say:
```auto
_root.doghouse.dog.gotoAndPlay(2);
```
That should do it.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/call-upon-movie-clip-further-up/29543/5 "2003-08-28T02:29:35Z")
ok, easy.
heres a quick diagram:
```auto
_root.
|
|
| ______ First Mc(called: one)
Path: _root.one |
|
| _______ Second Mc(called: two)
path: _root.one.two |
|
| _______ Third MC (called: three)
Path: _root.one.two.three
```
you get the idea, yes?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2003, 2:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/call-upon-movie-clip-further-up/29543/6 "2003-08-28T02:31:34Z")
That did it, thank you!
what a guy!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/call-upon-movie-clip-further-up/29543/7 "2003-08-28T02:32:07Z")
No problem.