# MCs coming in from the wrong frame

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mcs-coming-in-from-the-wrong-frame/253543>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 2, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mcs-coming-in-from-the-wrong-frame/253543 "2008-03-02T21:57:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![johnfn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3e96dc/32.png) [@johnfn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/johnfn)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mcs-coming-in-from-the-wrong-frame/253543/1 "2008-03-02T21:57:38Z")

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I have a MovieClip named bob on root 4. I go to frame 6, where there is no MovieClip named bob. I go MovieClip(root).bob.x and somehow we’re still accessing the x-coordinate a MovieClip named bob. Why does this happen and how can I stop it?

(The way I’m accessing it isn’t as straightforward as MovieClip(root).bob, so don’t just say “stop accessing it”.)