# Duplicating movie clips

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicating-movie-clips/39799
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**Created:** [January 11, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicating-movie-clips/39799 "2004-01-11T15:15:44Z")
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### Author: ![Blenderben](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/blenderben/32/74_2.png) [@Blenderben](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Blenderben)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicating-movie-clips/39799/1 "2004-01-11T15:15:44Z")

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i have a little problem with duplicating movie clips. I am a duplicate movie clip newbie, so i duno very much…anywayz…i create a movie clip of a circle just sitting there in the first frame with no other tween.

but then i add the duplication clip action, in then circle movie clip…now when i play, it does duplicate the movie clip, but it duplicates it and when it duplicates it again, it removes the movie clip it created…so like i got a bunch of circles appearing all over the place, but not staying. my code kinda looks like this

amount = 10;  
while (amount\<10)  
{  
duplicateMovieClip(\_root.circle, “circle” + amount, amount);  
amount++;  
}

yeaaah…any help?