diff --git a/manimlib/animation/transform.py b/manimlib/animation/transform.py
index fdc262a9..1281ddc2 100644
--- a/manimlib/animation/transform.py
+++ b/manimlib/animation/transform.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class Transform(Animation):
             # preserved, since calling align_data will potentially
             # change the structure of both arguments
             self.target_copy = self.target_mobject.copy()
-            self.mobject.align_data_and_family(self.target_copy)
+        self.mobject.align_data_and_family(self.target_copy)
         super().begin()
         if not self.mobject.has_updaters:
             self.mobject.lock_matching_data(
diff --git a/manimlib/mobject/types/vectorized_mobject.py b/manimlib/mobject/types/vectorized_mobject.py
index dc5e6efa..72b287af 100644
--- a/manimlib/mobject/types/vectorized_mobject.py
+++ b/manimlib/mobject/types/vectorized_mobject.py
@@ -899,6 +899,8 @@ class VMobject(Mobject):
                          self.has_same_shape_as(vmobject)
             if match_tris:
                 vmobject.triangulation = self.triangulation
+            for mob in [self, vmobject]:
+                mob.get_joint_products()
             return self
 
         for mob in self, vmobject: