# Duplicating mc

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicating-mc/69538>\
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**Created:** [November 5, 2004, 3:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicating-mc/69538 "2004-11-05T03:01:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![mad\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@mad\_man](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mad_man)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 3:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicating-mc/69538/1 "2004-11-05T03:01:24Z")

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hello,  
is it possible to duplicate a movieclip created using createEmptyMovieClip?  
cause i created an empty movieclip called sceneMC but wen i duplicate it nothing happens.  
i put  
\_root.sceneMc.duplicateMovieClip(“scene2”,900);  
but i cant see it. even if i move it around. Please help. Thank you.  
oh yea the duplicated scene is going to ben on \_root right? not inside sceneMc?