# The Name Game. (How should I name my children)

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**Created:** [December 9, 2009, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-name-game-how-should-i-name-my-children/301407 "2009-12-09T00:10:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-name-game-how-should-i-name-my-children/301407/1 "2009-12-09T00:10:57Z")

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Not real children mind you, that seems easy in comparison.

I’m adding movie clips to my stage using addChild. Each movie clip has 15 frames with a stop() on the first and last frame, frame 2 is labeled “play”.

The goal is that the movie clips “animate” when they show up (they appear to dissolve in by playing from frame 2 to 15). Here’s the code I used to make them appear and to play them  
ActionScript Code:  
[LEFT][COLOR=#808080]_//imgPos is a sprite_[/COLOR]  
imgPos.[COLOR=#000080]addChild[/COLOR]COLOR=#000000[/COLOR];  
imgPos.[COLOR=#000080]getChildAt[/COLOR]COLOR=#000000[/COLOR].[COLOR=#0000ff]name[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#ff0000]“childName”[/COLOR];  
[COLOR=#0000ff]MovieClip[/COLOR]COLOR=#000000[/COLOR].[COLOR=#0000ff]gotoAndPlay[/COLOR]COLOR=#000000[/COLOR];  
[/LEFT]

That works great for the first movie clip. When I attempt to add more later with the same method the movie clips show up but only the very first movie clip I added animates.

```
 ActionScript Code:
 [LEFT][COLOR=#808080]*//adding two more movie clips*[/COLOR]

```

imgPos.[COLOR=#000080]addChild[/COLOR]COLOR=#000000[/COLOR];  
imgPos.[COLOR=#000080]getChildAt[/COLOR]COLOR=#000000[/COLOR].[COLOR=#0000ff]name[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#ff0000]“childName”[/COLOR];  
[COLOR=#0000ff]MovieClip[/COLOR]COLOR=#000000[/COLOR].[COLOR=#0000ff]gotoAndPlay[/COLOR]COLOR=#000000[/COLOR];

imgPos.[COLOR=#000080]addChild[/COLOR]COLOR=#000000[/COLOR];  
imgPos.[COLOR=#000080]getChildAt[/COLOR]COLOR=#000000[/COLOR].[COLOR=#0000ff]name[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#ff0000]“childName”[/COLOR];  
[COLOR=#0000ff]MovieClip[/COLOR]COLOR=#000000[/COLOR].[COLOR=#0000ff]gotoAndPlay[/COLOR]COLOR=#000000[/COLOR];  
[/LEFT]

I assume there must be a problem with me trying to name different children the same thing? What is the proper solution if I want to only animate the NEW movie clips?