# Stupid Frame 1!

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stupid-frame-1/177403
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [February 1, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stupid-frame-1/177403 "2006-02-01T17:44:58Z")
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### Author: ![greatbigbrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3be4f8/32.png) [@greatbigbrain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/greatbigbrain)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stupid-frame-1/177403/1 "2006-02-01T17:44:58Z")

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Hey everyone,  
So, I create a new movieclip with a stop action on frame 1, drop it on the stage and give it an instance name. On frame 1 of the main timeline, i tell this new movieclip to play. But it doesn’t. It just sits there and laughs at me.  
So I try making it play by telling the root clip to play it onLoadInit. Nothing.  
But if I move everything to frame 2, then it all works.  
So I then created a function to do everything for me, and get the same problem (whether on frame 1 or frame 2). Interestingly, if I tell the clip to play(), it doesn’t leave frame 1, but if I tell it gotoAndPlay(2), it goes to frame 2 and just sits there… These are all very basic concepts, but they’ve got me stumped, and they’re driving me berserk. Berserk!  
Am I overlooking something?

Thanks in advance,

Steve