diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawables/DrawableBanana.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawables/DrawableBanana.cs
index 26e304cf3f..10e483b577 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawables/DrawableBanana.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawables/DrawableBanana.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
+using System;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
-using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Utils;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Skinning.Default;
 using osu.Game.Skinning;
+using osuTK;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Objects.Drawables
 {
@@ -36,23 +38,43 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Objects.Drawables
             StartTimeBindable.BindValueChanged(_ => UpdateComboColour());
         }
 
+        private float startScale;
+        private float endScale;
+
+        private float startAngle;
+        private float endAngle;
+
         protected override void UpdateInitialTransforms()
         {
             base.UpdateInitialTransforms();
 
+            // Important to have this in UpdateInitialTransforms() to it is re-triggered by RefreshStateTransforms().
             const float end_scale = 0.6f;
             const float random_scale_range = 1.6f;
 
-            ScalingContainer.ScaleTo(HitObject.Scale * (end_scale + random_scale_range * RandomSingle(3)))
-                            .Then().ScaleTo(HitObject.Scale * end_scale, HitObject.TimePreempt);
+            startScale = end_scale + random_scale_range * RandomSingle(3);
+            endScale = end_scale;
 
-            ScalingContainer.RotateTo(getRandomAngle(1))
-                            .Then()
-                            .RotateTo(getRandomAngle(2), HitObject.TimePreempt);
+            startAngle = getRandomAngle(1);
+            endAngle = getRandomAngle(2);
 
             float getRandomAngle(int series) => 180 * (RandomSingle(series) * 2 - 1);
         }
 
+        protected override void Update()
+        {
+            base.Update();
+
+            double preemptProgress = (Time.Current - (HitObject.StartTime - InitialLifetimeOffset)) / HitObject.TimePreempt;
+
+            // Clamp scale and rotation at the point of bananas being caught, else let them freely extrapolate.
+            if (Result.IsHit)
+                preemptProgress = Math.Min(1, preemptProgress);
+
+            ScalingContainer.Scale = new Vector2(HitObject.Scale * (float)Interpolation.Lerp(startScale, endScale, preemptProgress));
+            ScalingContainer.Rotation = (float)Interpolation.Lerp(startAngle, endAngle, preemptProgress);
+        }
+
         public override void PlaySamples()
         {
             base.PlaySamples();
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawables/DrawableDroplet.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawables/DrawableDroplet.cs
index 8f32cdcc31..fadd630116 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawables/DrawableDroplet.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawables/DrawableDroplet.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
-using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Utils;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Skinning.Default;
 using osu.Game.Skinning;
 
@@ -28,15 +28,24 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Objects.Drawables
                 _ => new DropletPiece());
         }
 
+        private float startRotation;
+
         protected override void UpdateInitialTransforms()
         {
             base.UpdateInitialTransforms();
 
-            // roughly matches osu-stable
-            float startRotation = RandomSingle(1) * 20;
-            double duration = HitObject.TimePreempt + 2000;
+            // Important to have this in UpdateInitialTransforms() to it is re-triggered by RefreshStateTransforms().
+            startRotation = RandomSingle(1) * 20;
+        }
 
-            ScalingContainer.RotateTo(startRotation).RotateTo(startRotation + 720, duration);
+        protected override void Update()
+        {
+            base.Update();
+
+            // No clamping for droplets. They should be considered indefinitely spinning regardless of time.
+            // They also never end up on the plate, so they shouldn't stop spinning when caught.
+            double preemptProgress = (Time.Current - (HitObject.StartTime - InitialLifetimeOffset)) / (HitObject.TimePreempt + 2000);
+            ScalingContainer.Rotation = (float)Interpolation.Lerp(startRotation, startRotation + 720, preemptProgress);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawables/DrawableFruit.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawables/DrawableFruit.cs
index 52c53523e6..877fae9d67 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawables/DrawableFruit.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawables/DrawableFruit.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
-using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Skinning.Default;
 using osu.Game.Skinning;
 
@@ -32,7 +31,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Objects.Drawables
         {
             base.UpdateInitialTransforms();
 
-            ScalingContainer.RotateTo((RandomSingle(1) - 0.5f) * 40);
+            // Important to have this in UpdateInitialTransforms() to it is re-triggered by RefreshStateTransforms().
+            ScalingContainer.Rotation = (RandomSingle(1) - 0.5f) * 40;
         }
     }
 }