diff --git a/src/HexManiac.Core/Models/Map/MapModel.cs b/src/HexManiac.Core/Models/Map/MapModel.cs
index de93a34e..812dabdc 100644
--- a/src/HexManiac.Core/Models/Map/MapModel.cs
+++ b/src/HexManiac.Core/Models/Map/MapModel.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace HavenSoft.HexManiac.Core.Models.Map {
             return new MapBankModel(bank, index);
          }
       }
-      public int Count => Table.Count;
+      public int Count => Table?.Count ?? 0;
 
       private IEnumerable<MapBankModel> Enumerate() {
          for (int i = 0; i < Count; i++) yield return this[i];
diff --git a/src/HexManiac.Core/ViewModels/Map/EventTemplate.cs b/src/HexManiac.Core/ViewModels/Map/EventTemplate.cs
index 98d1687d..33b71685 100644
--- a/src/HexManiac.Core/ViewModels/Map/EventTemplate.cs
+++ b/src/HexManiac.Core/ViewModels/Map/EventTemplate.cs
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ namespace HavenSoft.HexManiac.Core.ViewModels.Map {
 
       public IPixelViewModel ObjectTemplateImage { get; private set; }
 
+      public IReadOnlyList<IPixelViewModel> OverworldGraphics { get; private set; }
+
       public EventTemplate(IWorkDispatcher dispatcher, IDataModel model, ScriptParser parser, IReadOnlyList<IPixelViewModel> owGraphics) {
          (this.model, this.parser) = (model, parser);
          RefreshLists(owGraphics);
@@ -95,6 +97,7 @@ namespace HavenSoft.HexManiac.Core.ViewModels.Map {
       }
 
       public void RefreshLists(IReadOnlyList<IPixelViewModel> owGraphics) {
+         OverworldGraphics = owGraphics;
          AvailableTemplateTypes.Clear();
          AvailableTemplateTypes.Add(TemplateType.None);
          AvailableTemplateTypes.Add(TemplateType.Npc);
diff --git a/src/HexManiac.Core/ViewModels/Map/MapEditorViewModel.cs b/src/HexManiac.Core/ViewModels/Map/MapEditorViewModel.cs
index 8ae0ba4e..7cae1dcb 100644
--- a/src/HexManiac.Core/ViewModels/Map/MapEditorViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/HexManiac.Core/ViewModels/Map/MapEditorViewModel.cs
@@ -381,15 +381,15 @@ namespace HavenSoft.HexManiac.Core.ViewModels.Map {
 
       public bool IsValidState { get; private set; }
 
-      public static bool TryCreateMapEditor(IFileSystem fileSystem, IEditableViewPort viewPort, Singletons singletons, MapTutorialsViewModel tutorials, out MapEditorViewModel editor) {
+      public static bool TryCreateMapEditor(IFileSystem fileSystem, IEditableViewPort viewPort, Singletons singletons, MapTutorialsViewModel tutorials, EventTemplate templates, out MapEditorViewModel editor) {
          editor = null;
          var maps = viewPort.Model.GetTable(HardcodeTablesModel.MapBankTable);
          if (maps == null) return false;
-         editor = new MapEditorViewModel(fileSystem, viewPort, singletons, tutorials);
+         editor = new MapEditorViewModel(fileSystem, viewPort, singletons, tutorials, templates);
          return editor.IsValidState;
       }
 
-      private MapEditorViewModel(IFileSystem fileSystem, IEditableViewPort viewPort, Singletons singletons, MapTutorialsViewModel tutorials) {
+      private MapEditorViewModel(IFileSystem fileSystem, IEditableViewPort viewPort, Singletons singletons, MapTutorialsViewModel tutorials, EventTemplate eventTemplate) {
          (this.fileSystem, this.viewPort) = (fileSystem, viewPort);
          (this.singletons, Tutorials) = (singletons, tutorials);
          (model, history) = (viewPort.Model, viewPort.ChangeHistory);
@@ -401,9 +401,8 @@ namespace HavenSoft.HexManiac.Core.ViewModels.Map {
          PrimaryBlocks = PrimaryTiles;
          this.format = new Format(model);
 
-         var owSprites = BlockMapViewModel.RenderOWs(model);
-         templates = new(singletons.WorkDispatcher, model, viewPort.Tools.CodeTool.ScriptParser, owSprites);
-         var map = new BlockMapViewModel(fileSystem, Tutorials, viewPort, format, templates, 3, 0) { AllOverworldSprites = owSprites };
+         templates = eventTemplate;
+         var map = new BlockMapViewModel(fileSystem, Tutorials, viewPort, format, templates, 3, 0) { AllOverworldSprites = eventTemplate.OverworldGraphics };
          UpdatePrimaryMap(map);
          for (int i = 0; i < 0x40; i++) CollisionOptions.Add(i.ToString("X2"));
 
diff --git a/src/HexManiac.Core/ViewModels/ViewPort.cs b/src/HexManiac.Core/ViewModels/ViewPort.cs
index 2ea84b00..fea57a88 100644
--- a/src/HexManiac.Core/ViewModels/ViewPort.cs
+++ b/src/HexManiac.Core/ViewModels/ViewPort.cs
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ namespace HavenSoft.HexManiac.Core.ViewModels {
 
       public bool CanDuplicate => true;
       public IEditableViewPort CreateDuplicate() {
-         var child = new ViewPort(FileName, Model, dispatcher, Singletons, mapper?.Tutorials, mapper?.FileSystem, PythonTool, history);
+         var child = new ViewPort(FileName, Model, dispatcher, Singletons, mapper?.Tutorials, mapper?.FileSystem, PythonTool, history, mapper?.Templates);
          child.selection.GotoAddress(scroll.DataIndex);
          return child;
       }
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ namespace HavenSoft.HexManiac.Core.ViewModels {
 
       public ViewPort() : this(new LoadedFile(string.Empty, new byte[0])) { }
 
-      public ViewPort(string fileName, IDataModel model, IWorkDispatcher dispatcher, Singletons singletons = null, MapTutorialsViewModel tutorials = null, IFileSystem fs = null, PythonTool pythonTool = null, ChangeHistory<ModelDelta> changeHistory = null) {
+      public ViewPort(string fileName, IDataModel model, IWorkDispatcher dispatcher, Singletons singletons = null, MapTutorialsViewModel tutorials = null, IFileSystem fs = null, PythonTool pythonTool = null, ChangeHistory<ModelDelta> changeHistory = null, EventTemplate eventTemplate = null) {
          Singletons = singletons ?? new Singletons();
          PythonTool = pythonTool;
          ownsHistory = changeHistory == null;
@@ -1063,12 +1063,13 @@ namespace HavenSoft.HexManiac.Core.ViewModels {
          InitializationWorkload = model.InitializationWorkload.ContinueWith(task => {
             var firstViewPort = changeHistory == null;
             if (firstViewPort) {
+               if (eventTemplate == null) eventTemplate = new EventTemplate(singletons?.WorkDispatcher ?? InstantDispatch.Instance, Model, Tools.CodeTool.ScriptParser, BlockMapViewModel.RenderOWs(Model));
                CascadeScripts();
                ValidateMatchedWords();
             }
             dispatcher.DispatchWork(RefreshBackingData); // this work must be done on the UI thread
             if (fs != null) {
-               if (MapEditorViewModel.TryCreateMapEditor(fs, this, singletons, tutorials, out mapper)) {
+               if (MapEditorViewModel.TryCreateMapEditor(fs, this, singletons, tutorials, eventTemplate, out mapper)) {
                   Tools.CodeTool.Investigator = mapper.Templates;
                } else {
                   mapper = null;
@@ -1746,7 +1747,7 @@ namespace HavenSoft.HexManiac.Core.ViewModels {
       }
 
       public void OpenInNewTab(int destination) {
-         var child = new ViewPort(FileName, Model, dispatcher, Singletons, mapper?.Tutorials, mapper?.FileSystem, PythonTool, history);
+         var child = new ViewPort(FileName, Model, dispatcher, Singletons, mapper?.Tutorials, mapper?.FileSystem, PythonTool, history, mapper?.Templates);
          child.selection.GotoAddress(destination);
          RequestTabChange?.Invoke(this, new(child));
       }
diff --git a/src/HexManiac.Integration/MapTests.cs b/src/HexManiac.Integration/MapTests.cs
index 6c1d2a17..ef70982d 100644
--- a/src/HexManiac.Integration/MapTests.cs
+++ b/src/HexManiac.Integration/MapTests.cs
@@ -213,5 +213,12 @@ namespace HavenSoft.HexManiac.Integration {
          map.PrimaryUp(0, 0);
          // no crash = pass
       }
+
+      [SkippableFact]
+      public void FireRed_DuplicateMapTab_SameTemplate() {
+         var firered = LoadFireRed();
+         var dup = firered.CreateDuplicate();
+         Assert.Same(firered.MapEditor.Templates, dup.MapEditor.Templates);
+      }
    }
 }