# Quick question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question/177887>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [February 6, 2006, 7:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question/177887 "2006-02-06T07:58:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![zicemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@zicemaster](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zicemaster)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 7:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question/177887/1 "2006-02-06T07:58:39Z")

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I need to stop doing this before it becomes a habit.

Whats the best way to keep your original clip, the one you duplicate copys of in a stopped position. Without using something like this.

This has been bugging me for a while. I always have to put some sort of code on the original MC to stop it from doing anything, so I can be free to make duplicates of it.

```auto

    if (this == _level0.originalMC) {
       stop();
       _visible = false;
    }

```