We want a refund, Flim Flam Brothers!

Applejack: Twilight, you have to go out there, face that mob and apologise for what you did!  
Twilight: I will, but if I go out, I’m afriad that they’ll get all six of us.  
Bon Bon: No we won’t, we just want Twilight Sparkle!  
Twilight: Well maybe not you, but they might take Spike!  
Spike: I’m part of the mob, Twilight!

Lyra’s thinking with portals.

@aerion111  
It is impressive when you notice the little details~ It’s pretty fun.
 
I may be remembering incorrectly, but I believe they had so many repeats in the earlier seasons because they didn’t have as many BP models to fill the scenes with.
 
As for newer seasons: I haven’t personally noticed any obvious repeats in crowds. Or, at least, not any extremely obvious ones like in season 1.

@Zebasiz  
Fair enough.  
I still remain impressed both with all the tiny details, and the blatant way even later seasons sometimes copy background ponies.

@aerion111  
“Only people who constantly re-watch the same scene over and over will notice”  
People like the animators building the scene?
 
“and then put the same pony five or six times into a small crowd?”  
Lazy Wednesday.

Looking at it far more closely than I should, I’m noticing everyone but Golden Harvest has something unique happen to their pupils.  
And with GH therefore being unique in having static eyes, that means the animators took more care for the details than I’d have expected (as usual)  
Seriously, why do they even bother? Only people who constantly re-watch the same scene over and over will notice o.O  
Possibly more importantly; Why do they do stuff like this, and then put the same pony five or six times into a small crowd?

Why  
You  
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Oh no,! Lyra uses twitching eye!

No…
 
No…
 
NO!!!

…Yes?

peridot f’ed up so bad, characters from other shows are WTF?!!ing her.