stop() caller not working properly - actionscript-3

Question

I am making a brick breaker game with three frames. The first frame is the start screen, the second frame is the game itself, and the third frame is the "game over" screen (with a try again button). When I hit "Start game" the program jumps to the second frame and stops. If you fail to hit the ball with the racket, the program jumps to frame three.
My problem occurs here, because the program instantly jumps to the second frame again. Any idea why the stop(); caller fails to work? I have tried to remove all content from the last frame (except for the stop(); caller), but it still just skips back to frame 2.
I really can't figure out why this is happening. I am using Adobe Flash Professional CC. The only actionscript on frame 3 are "stop();". This is the entire code block on frame 2:
import flash.events.KeyboardEvent;
import flash.display.Stage;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.ui.Keyboard;
import fl.transitions.Tween;
import fl.transitions.easing.*;
trace(currentFrame);
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, keyDown);
this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, moveBall);
var rackert: bar = new bar();
rackert.name = "rackert";
rackert.y = 740;
rackert.x = 640;
addChild(rackert);
var ball: circle = new circle();
ball.y = 80;
ball.x = 640;
addChild(ball);
var ballXSpeed: Number = 12; //X Speed of the Ball
var ballYSpeed: Number = 12; //Y Speed of the Ball
function keyDown(e: KeyboardEvent) {
var key: uint = e.keyCode;
var step: uint = 35;
switch (key) {
case Keyboard.LEFT:
if (rackert.x > 0) {
var myTween: Tween = new Tween(rackert, "x", Regular.easeOut, rackert.x, rackert.x - step, 0.2, true);
} else rackert.x = 0;
break;
case Keyboard.RIGHT:
if (rackert.x + rackert.width < 1000) {
var myTween2: Tween = new Tween(rackert, "x", Regular.easeOut, rackert.x, rackert.x + step, 0.2, true);
} else rackert.x = 1000 - rackert.width;
break;
}
}
var gameOver: Boolean = false;
function moveBall(event: Event): void {
ball.x += ballXSpeed;
ball.y += ballYSpeed;
if (ball.x >= 1000 - (ball.width / 2)) {
ballXSpeed *= -1;
}
if (ball.x <= 0 + (ball.width / 2)) {
ballXSpeed *= -1;
}
if (ball.y >= stage.stageHeight) {
if (gameOver == false) {
gotoAndStop(3);
this.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, moveBall);
stage.removeEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, keyDown);
gameOver = true;
rackert.visible = false;
}
}
if (ball.y <= 22) {
ballYSpeed *= -1;
}
if (ball.hitTestObject(rackert)) {
calcBallAngle();
}
}
function calcBallAngle(): void {
var ballPosition: Number = ball.x - rackert.x;
trace("Position: " + ballPosition);
var hitPercent: Number = (ballPosition / (rackert.width - ball.width)) - .7;
trace("percent: " + hitPercent);
ballXSpeed = hitPercent * 10;
ballYSpeed *= -1;
}
function getRandom(min: Number, max: Number): Number {
return min + (Math.random() * (max - min));
}

Answer 1

Change this:
if (gameOver == false) {
gotoAndPlay(3); //gotoAndPlay(); caller
gameOver = true;
rackert.visible = false;
}
To:
if (gameOver == false) {
gotoAndStop(3); //gotoAndPlay(); caller
gameOver = true;
rackert.visible = false;
}
Difference is goToAndStop(). The default behavior is to "loop" an animation, so you tell it to go to frame 3 (last frame) and it "plays" through that frame back around to 1, then 2, where you most likely have a frame script that calls stop(); to stop the play head.
Update
I believe you that you're calling stop(); in frame 3. It seems like it should work and indeed it actually is, it's just not working on the object that you're expecting it to work on. Since you're using a frame script, stop(); is being called on the InteractiveObject who's scope the frame script is inside of. Let me clarify.
Frame 3 Of Stage
-> Child on frame three called FrameScriptsArePITA
-> Double click FrameScriptsArePITA and write a frame script "stop()", the script will do nothing but stop FrameScriptsArePITA from playing.
Watch your scope. That's part of why frame scripts are... best to avoid. Using your own DocumentClass and hooking everything in your design view into corresponding classes will make things easier to solve in AS3.

Answer 2

I finally found the issue. I had a timer event on frame 1, which caused the bug. I simply used removeEventListener for the timer function where i skip to frame 2. As Technick Empire said, you should always be cleaning up anything including even listeners as they can even interfere with the garbage collector and cause memory leaks.