If I have a 10 frame movie and in frame four I say:
name = “Bob” Is it correct to say that when that movie is loaded for the first time frames 1-3 will not have “Bob” but anytime after frame 4 has played frames 1-3 and all other frames will have the value of “Bob”? Or dose it make more sense to think of the variable as having the value and existing outside of the movie?

Maybe a better way to ask is:
What is the scope of variables in Flash?
If you jump back to frame one, is it still Bob?
What If I didn't want frames 1-3 to be Bob, could I kill
Bob in the last frame? How?

Thanks