diff --git a/app/lib/surface/CocoSprite.coffee b/app/lib/surface/CocoSprite.coffee
index c76959036..3ff14ac4d 100644
--- a/app/lib/surface/CocoSprite.coffee
+++ b/app/lib/surface/CocoSprite.coffee
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ module.exports = CocoSprite = class CocoSprite extends CocoClass
 
   playAction: (action) ->
     @currentAction = action
+    return @hide() unless action.animation or action.container or action.relatedActions
+    @show()
     return @updateActionDirection() unless action.animation or action.container
     m = if action.container then "gotoAndStop" else "gotoAndPlay"
     @imageObject[m] action.name
@@ -142,6 +144,14 @@ module.exports = CocoSprite = class CocoSprite extends CocoClass
       start = Math.floor(Math.random() * action.frames.length)
       @imageObject.currentAnimationFrame = start
 
+  hide: ->
+    @hiding = true
+    @updateAlpha()
+    
+  show: ->
+    @hiding = false
+    @updateAlpha()
+
   update: ->
     # Gets the sprite to reflect what the current state of the thangs and surface are
     return if @stillLoading
@@ -191,6 +201,7 @@ module.exports = CocoSprite = class CocoSprite extends CocoClass
     @imageObject.scaleY = @originalScaleY * scaleY * scaleFactor
 
   updateAlpha: ->
+    @imageObject.alpha = if @hiding then 0 else 1
     return unless @thang?.alpha?
     @imageObject.alpha = @thang.alpha
     if @options.showInvisible