CS4-AS2-Can a MovieClip see its own name?

[Degraiver]

Well I want a movieclip to stop movie if it touches another movieclip that is in an Array, only problem is this movie Clip is also included in this movieclip.

ex. 
//in First Frame//
array = [_root.thing1, _root.thing2, _root.thing3]

//inside thing1//
for (i=0;i<_root.array;++i){
if (this.hitTest (_root.array[i])){
stop();}}

Edit:

So I was messing around with this to try and figure out what was wrong and I found that the Original monster can detect all its clones, and all its clones can detect the original, but the clones cant detect eachother.

This is how I make clones of Thing

onClipEvent (load) {
	ad = 1;
}
//in another MovieClip i have it add +1 to _root.thingnum every 2 secs to make them spawn for me//
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
	if (_root.thingnum>ad) {
		duplicateMovieClip("_root.thing", "thing"+ad, ad);
		if (ad>1000) {
			ad = 1;
		} else {
			ad++;
		}
	}
}

Does the Detection error have something to do with cloning? or What exactly am I doing wrong?

so Ya main Questions:

1. Is Cloning stopping Scripts?
2. Am I calling the Collision Detection correctly?
3. Can MovieClips see their Own Name?
4. Am I going crazy from lack of sleep?