diff --git a/manimlib/mobject/mobject.py b/manimlib/mobject/mobject.py
index 8e555c40..4017b6cb 100644
--- a/manimlib/mobject/mobject.py
+++ b/manimlib/mobject/mobject.py
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ class Mobject(object):
         self.saved_state = None
         self.target = None
         self.bounding_box: Vect3Array = np.zeros((3, 3))
+        self.shader_wrapper: Optional[ShaderWrapper] = None
         self._is_animating: bool = False
         self._needs_new_bounding_box: bool = True
-        self._shaders_initialized: bool = False
         self._data_has_changed: bool = True
         self.shader_code_replacements: dict[str, str] = dict()
 
@@ -652,13 +652,10 @@ class Mobject(object):
         return self
 
     def deepcopy(self) -> Self:
+        parents = self.parents
         self.parents = []
-        result.target = None
-        result.saved_state = None
-        for submob in self.get_family():
-            submob._shaders_initialized = False
-            submob._data_has_changed = True
         result = copy.deepcopy(self)
+        self.parents = parents
         return result
 
     def copy(self, deep: bool = False) -> Self:
@@ -691,7 +688,7 @@ class Mobject(object):
         # won't have changed, just directly match.
         result.updaters = list(self.updaters)
         result._data_has_changed = True
-        result._shaders_initialized = False
+        result.shader_wrapper = None
 
         family = self.get_family()
         for attr, value in self.__dict__.items():
@@ -1947,9 +1944,7 @@ class Mobject(object):
     def replace_shader_code(self, old: str, new: str) -> Self:
         for mob in self.get_family():
             mob.shader_code_replacements[old] = new
-            mob._shaders_initialized = False
-        for mob in self.get_ancestors():
-            mob._shaders_initialized = False
+            mob.shader_wrapper = None
         return self
 
     def set_color_by_code(self, glsl_code: str) -> Self:
@@ -1993,8 +1988,7 @@ class Mobject(object):
 
     # For shader data
 
-    def init_shader_data(self, ctx: Context):
-        self.shader_indices = None
+    def init_shader_wrapper(self, ctx: Context):
         self.shader_wrapper = ShaderWrapper(
             ctx=ctx,
             vert_data=self.data,
@@ -2007,15 +2001,14 @@ class Mobject(object):
 
     def refresh_shader_wrapper_id(self):
         for submob in self.get_family():
-            if submob._shaders_initialized:
+            if submob.shader_wrapper is not None:
                 submob.shader_wrapper.depth_test = submob.depth_test
                 submob.shader_wrapper.refresh_id()
         return self
 
     def get_shader_wrapper(self, ctx: Context) -> ShaderWrapper:
-        if not self._shaders_initialized:
-            self.init_shader_data(ctx)
-            self._shaders_initialized = True
+        if self.shader_wrapper is None:
+            self.init_shader_wrapper(ctx)
         return self.shader_wrapper
 
     def get_shader_wrapper_list(self, ctx: Context) -> list[ShaderWrapper]:
@@ -2041,7 +2034,7 @@ class Mobject(object):
         return self.uniforms
 
     def get_shader_vert_indices(self) -> Optional[np.ndarray]:
-        return self.shader_indices
+        return None
 
     def render(self, ctx: Context, camera_uniforms: dict):
         if self._data_has_changed:
diff --git a/manimlib/mobject/types/vectorized_mobject.py b/manimlib/mobject/types/vectorized_mobject.py
index 2afff561..d465ac43 100644
--- a/manimlib/mobject/types/vectorized_mobject.py
+++ b/manimlib/mobject/types/vectorized_mobject.py
@@ -1286,8 +1286,7 @@ class VMobject(Mobject):
 
     # For shaders
 
-    def init_shader_data(self, ctx: Context):
-        self.shader_indices = None
+    def init_shader_wrapper(self, ctx: Context):
         self.shader_wrapper = VShaderWrapper(
             ctx=ctx,
             vert_data=self.data,
@@ -1299,7 +1298,7 @@ class VMobject(Mobject):
 
     def refresh_shader_wrapper_id(self):
         for submob in self.get_family():
-            if submob._shaders_initialized:
+            if submob.shader_wrapper is not None:
                 submob.shader_wrapper.stroke_behind = submob.stroke_behind
         super().refresh_shader_wrapper_id()
         return self