# duplicateMovieClip() Question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip-question/185184>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 11, 2006, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip-question/185184 "2006-04-11T16:27:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![joran420](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/joran420/32/2329_2.png) [@joran420](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/joran420)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip-question/185184/1 "2006-04-11T16:27:52Z")

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im trying to duplicate a movieclip thats with in another movieclip using but im trying to create the new movieclip outside of the original movieclip(I want the new MC placed on the main timeline)

\_root[“MainChar\_mc”][“PrimeCharge”].duplicateMovieClip(\_root[“Shot\_mc”],10)

\_root[“Shot\_mc”].\_x +=100

doesnt seem to be working

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**Author:** ![JoshuaJonah](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/joshuajonah/32/1775_2.png) [@JoshuaJonah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JoshuaJonah)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip-question/185184/2 "2006-04-11T16:33:21Z")

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What’s with all the unneccisary array notation?

```auto
_root["MainChar_mc"]["PrimeCharge"].duplicateMovieClip(_root["Shot_mc"],10)

_root["Shot_mc"]._x +=100

```

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**Author:** ![joran420](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/joran420/32/2329_2.png) [@joran420](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/joran420)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip-question/185184/3 "2006-04-11T17:03:01Z")

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heh im just learning and i dont understand variable scope very well yet  
help me make it right 😛

MainChar\_mc is the main movieclip on the time line  
PrimeCharge is a MovieClip in side of MainChar  
I want to place the new mc(“Shot\_mc”) on the main timeline  
so its visibility is not bound by the size of MainChar\_mc’s visible area

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**Author:** ![scotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scotty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/scotty)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 4:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip-question/185184/4 "2006-04-12T04:46:24Z")

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[http://www.senocular.com/flash/tutorials/faq/#duplicatetimeline](http://www.senocular.com/flash/tutorials/faq/#duplicatetimeline)

scotty(-:

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**Author:** ![joran420](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/joran420/32/2329_2.png) [@joran420](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/joran420)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 5:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip-question/185184/5 "2006-04-12T05:36:58Z")

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■■■■ ☹ this is gonna be harder than i thought