# Onclipevent weirdness

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onclipevent-weirdness/99182>\
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**Created:** [January 15, 2004, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onclipevent-weirdness/99182 "2004-01-15T18:08:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onclipevent-weirdness/99182/1 "2004-01-15T18:08:25Z")

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so I was just messing around in flash, and noticed something rather strange about an onclip event.

[AS]onClipEvent (load) {  
randomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random()\*5);  
\_parent.holder.loadMovie(randomNumber+".jpg");  
trace(randomNumber+".jpg");  
}  
[/AS]

That is the basic code, if I am to target holder or \_parent.holder, or \_root holder. This onclipEvent acts as I would suspect. but if I am to add “this” to the loadmovie line  
this.loadMovie(randomNumber+".jpg");  
I get a repeating trace…  
why is that?  
if I take out the two lines above the trace command it only traces once.

whats going on?