# Populating multiple MCs with instances of same Symbol from Library

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/populating-multiple-mcs-with-instances-of-same-symbol-from-library/313147>\
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**Created:** [August 21, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/populating-multiple-mcs-with-instances-of-same-symbol-from-library/313147 "2010-08-21T19:32:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/populating-multiple-mcs-with-instances-of-same-symbol-from-library/313147/1 "2010-08-21T19:32:37Z")

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Say I’ve got something like this:

```auto
var parcher0:_parcher0 = new _parcher0();

```

\_parcher0 is a Symbol in the Library with the Class definition \_parcher0

I want to addChild this Symbol to an MC on the stage like this:

```auto
this.pccard0.sprite_.addChild(parcher0)

```

All good! Except I want to do the same thing, the same way, with this.pccard1.sprite\_, and several more. When I do so, parcher0 only shows up on the final, most recently assigned addChild().

What gives? Is it forbidden to add a Symbol in this way in more than one place, and if so how do I get around it without creating a raft of arbitrary duplicates?