How are duplicate prefab inspector variables loaded?

[Loen10]

I really don’t know how to put this in words, but let’s say I have a script with an array of GameObjects (Prefabs) as an inspector variable:

My assumption is that Unity would just load the Circle prefab ONCE from disk and then copy it to each respective GameObject in the array. Is that correct?

[Mads-Nyholm]

Yes, each element in the array is a reference to the Prefab Assets here, so duplicated entries will point to the same Asset and those are loaded once when needed.