# Controlling timeline with movieclips (\_parent ?)

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-timeline-with-movieclips--parent/95257>\
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**Created:** [November 22, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-timeline-with-movieclips--parent/95257 "2003-11-22T22:47:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fargate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dbc845/32.png) [@Fargate](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Fargate)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-timeline-with-movieclips--parent/95257/1 "2003-11-22T22:47:40Z")

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[AS]  
\_parent.gotoandStop(“game”,2)  
[/AS]

I have the above code in the last frame of an mc…I am trying to get the timeline to go to frame 2 when the mc reaches that frame…what’s going on? Thanks in advance :).