# Movie Clip Symbol

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-symbol/58790
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 26, 2004, 7:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-symbol/58790 "2004-07-26T07:36:09Z")
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### Author: ![NeoDreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ccd318/32.png) [@NeoDreamer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NeoDreamer)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2004, 7:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-symbol/58790/1 "2004-07-26T07:36:09Z")

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You know when you place a movie clip symbol on the stage, the first frame is shown by default. Is there any way to display other frames by default, such as the last frame?

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2004, 8:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-symbol/58790/2 "2004-07-26T08:48:04Z")

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mc.gotoAndStop(this.\_totalframes) ???  
place that somewhere on a frame and it will start on the last frame i believe.

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2004, 9:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-symbol/58790/3 "2004-07-26T09:25:53Z")

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> [@bobdoe](#):
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> mc.gotoAndStop(this.\_totalframes) ???  
> place that somewhere on a frame and it will start on the last frame i believe.

I’m talking about the FLA, not the SWF.