# gotoAndPlay never works for me :(

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gotoandplay-never-works-for-me/214084>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 25, 2007, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gotoandplay-never-works-for-me/214084 "2007-01-25T13:32:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![watery\_fart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba8739/32.png) [@watery\_fart](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/watery_fart)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gotoandplay-never-works-for-me/214084/1 "2007-01-25T13:32:44Z")

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I have an animation inside a movieclip thats located on the main timeline. There is a stop on the first frame of the movieclip, and whenever I try to do the \_root.MC.gotoAndPlay(2) it will play like one frame then stop.

it makes me cry

can anyone help me?