# Instance Help

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instance-help/214990>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 2, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instance-help/214990 "2007-02-02T18:42:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mike\_Dachuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mike\_Dachuk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mike_Dachuk)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instance-help/214990/1 "2007-02-02T18:42:03Z")

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If I have 2 scenes in my movie, can I name an instance the same name and have it do other things without screwing up the movie?

Example:

Scene 1: UserName1 gets and displays the first username from the database  
Scene 2: UserName1 gets and displays the last username from the database

Mike