diff --git a/manimlib/scene/scene.py b/manimlib/scene/scene.py
index a0c5d947..a0ffd1e4 100644
--- a/manimlib/scene/scene.py
+++ b/manimlib/scene/scene.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from collections import OrderedDict
 from functools import wraps
 import inspect
 import os
@@ -646,52 +647,37 @@ class Scene(object):
 
     # Helpers for interactive development
 
-    def get_state(self) -> tuple[list[tuple[Mobject, Mobject]], int]:
-        if self.undo_stack:
-            last_state = dict(self.undo_stack[-1])
-        else:
-            last_state = {}
-        result = []
-        n_changes = 0
-        for mob in self.mobjects:
-            # If it hasn't changed since the last state, just point to the
-            # same copy as before
-            if mob in last_state and last_state[mob].looks_identical(mob):
-                result.append((mob, last_state[mob]))
-            else:
-                result.append((mob, mob.copy()))
-                n_changes += 1
-        return result, n_changes
+    def get_state(self) -> SceneState:
+        return SceneState(self)
 
-    def restore_state(self, mobject_states: list[tuple[Mobject, Mobject]]):
-        self.mobjects = [mob.become(mob_copy) for mob, mob_copy in mobject_states]
+    def restore_state(self, scene_state: SceneState):
+        scene_state.restore_scene(self)
 
     def save_state(self) -> None:
         if not self.preview:
             return
+        state = self.get_state()
+        if self.undo_stack and state.mobjects_match(self.undo_stack[-1]):
+            return
         self.redo_stack = []
-        state, n_changes = self.get_state()
-        if n_changes > 0:
-            self.undo_stack.append(state)
-            if len(self.undo_stack) > self.max_num_saved_states:
-                self.undo_stack.pop(0)
+        self.undo_stack.append(state)
+        if len(self.undo_stack) > self.max_num_saved_states:
+            self.undo_stack.pop(0)
 
     def undo(self):
         if self.undo_stack:
-            state, n_changes = self.get_state()
-            self.redo_stack.append(state)
+            self.redo_stack.append(self.get_state())
             self.restore_state(self.undo_stack.pop())
         self.refresh_static_mobjects()
 
     def redo(self):
         if self.redo_stack:
-            state, n_changes = self.get_state()
-            self.undo_stack.append(state)
+            self.undo_stack.append(self.get_state())
             self.restore_state(self.redo_stack.pop())
         self.refresh_static_mobjects()
 
     def checkpoint(self, key: str):
-        self.checkpoint_states[key] = self.get_state()[0]
+        self.checkpoint_states[key] = self.get_state()
 
     def revert_to_checkpoint(self, key: str):
         if key not in self.checkpoint_states:
@@ -858,5 +844,49 @@ class Scene(object):
         pass
 
 
+class SceneState():
+    def __init__(self, scene: Scene, ignore: list[Mobject] | None = None):
+        self.time = scene.time
+        self.num_plays = scene.num_plays
+        self.mobjects_to_copies = OrderedDict.fromkeys(scene.mobjects)
+        if ignore:
+            for mob in ignore:
+                self.mobjects_to_copies.pop(mob, None)
+
+        last_m2c = scene.undo_stack[-1].mobjects_to_copies if scene.undo_stack else dict()
+        for mob in self.mobjects_to_copies:
+            # If it hasn't changed since the last state, just point to the
+            # same copy as before
+            if mob in last_m2c and last_m2c[mob].looks_identical(mob):
+                self.mobjects_to_copies[mob] = last_m2c[mob]
+            else:
+                self.mobjects_to_copies[mob] = mob.copy()
+
+    def __eq__(self, state: SceneState):
+        return all((
+            self.time == state.time,
+            self.num_plays == state.num_plays,
+            self.mobjects_to_copies == state.mobjects_to_copies
+        ))
+
+    def mobjects_match(self, state: SceneState):
+        return self.mobjects_to_copies == state.mobjects_to_copies
+
+    def n_changes(self, state: SceneState):
+        m2c = state.mobjects_to_copies
+        return sum(
+            1 - int(mob in m2c and mob.looks_identical(m2c[mob]))
+            for mob in self.mobjects_to_copies
+        )
+
+    def restore_scene(self, scene: Scene):
+        scene.time = self.time
+        scene.num_plays = self.num_plays
+        scene.mobjects = [
+            mob.become(mob_copy)
+            for mob, mob_copy in self.mobjects_to_copies.items()
+        ]
+
+
 class EndSceneEarlyException(Exception):
     pass