# Using same actionscript twice in one scene on different movie clips?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-same-actionscript-twice-in-one-scene-on-different-movie-clips/128108>\
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**Created:** [November 9, 2004, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-same-actionscript-twice-in-one-scene-on-different-movie-clips/128108 "2004-11-09T18:11:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Emdiesse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c0e974/32.png) [@Emdiesse](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Emdiesse)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2004, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-same-actionscript-twice-in-one-scene-on-different-movie-clips/128108/1 "2004-11-09T18:11:17Z")

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I am using the same actionscript twice on one scene, however for two different movie clips and only one works.

The one that works seems to be the one that is on a layer above the non working one, and the non working one is on a layer below.

Why is this. How can i resolve it?