# Quick question - Timelines

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-timelines/121689
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [September 5, 2004, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-timelines/121689 "2004-09-05T18:06:27Z")
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### Author: ![Desire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f475e1/32.png) [@Desire](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Desire)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2004, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-timelines/121689/1 "2004-09-05T18:06:27Z")

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Right straight to it, i will try and explain the best i can.

I have a movie clip, and inside it i have some masking animation.

Now when it has finished playing all the masking animations and that i want it to goto and play frame 2 on the main timeline.

when i use the normal code

```
 gotoandplay("scene1","2") ;

```

or whatever it is, it dosnt load frame 2 on the main timeline? is that cos its still inside the movie clip timeline?

well thats my problem is there a cure?

thanks for any help.