# Referencing duplicates from other objects

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referencing-duplicates-from-other-objects/180146>\
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**Created:** [February 26, 2006, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referencing-duplicates-from-other-objects/180146 "2006-02-26T04:07:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shakakka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Shakakka](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Shakakka)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referencing-duplicates-from-other-objects/180146/1 "2006-02-26T04:07:30Z")

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…is there a way to do it? If so, say I have two movie clips A and B, and I’ve made duplicates of A. How can I reference each A from:

1. Any of the other A duplicates? and
2. The B movie clip?

What is the scoping syntax for that? I tried to use \_root.{the name of A duplicate}.{property} for accessing A from B but it didn’t seem to work.