# Help needed! How to repeat frames in a movieclip

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 7, 2008, 12:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-needed-how-to-repeat-frames-in-a-movieclip/277070 "2008-12-07T12:27:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Silverfisken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Silverfisken](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Silverfisken)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 12:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-needed-how-to-repeat-frames-in-a-movieclip/277070/1 "2008-12-07T12:27:20Z")

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This seems to be something standard in flash but I can’t figure it out.  
Using flash CS3.

On Scene1: I have a timeline where everything is on frame 1.  
On layer A in Scene1 there is a movieclip MC\_a.  
When double clicking the MC\_a I get into the timeline of the movieclip.

Then I want to first run the MC\_a timeline from frame 1 to frame 20 as usual, but when  
the animation comes to frame 20 then I just want to run the timeline from  
frame 10 to frame 20. (or maybe frame 10 to 15)

So the question is: how do I repeat only some frames in the movieclip timeline?

For example if I have a animation of a santa that delivers gifts, than I want to  
play the animation/timeline 1 time (have the santa get to the door) and then deliver the first gift, and then repeat only frame 10 to 20 where he delivers more gifts.