History Trivia / Duolingo

** Music/CG5 released a song called "Duolingo", about how Duo forcing people to do their lessons by kidnapping them and threatening their families.

** Many players [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation interpret the daily notifications as]] [[MemeticPsychopath Duo, the owl mascot, threatening to harm them if they don't take their lessons.]] The game's website and official Facebook page acknowledged this in their 2019 April Fool's prank, where they "released" a new feature where Duo would ''actually go to the player's house'' to remind them in real life.

** Then Duolingo teamed up with ''VideoGame/AngryBirds2'' with the latter providing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp0_kl48pyg&t=1s the two birds]] teaming up for a bar patron not practicing language.

** Up to eleven with their 2021 video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bdf4MFWe9s "The Unignorable Notification"]] where flying drones broadcasted notifications onto the sides of buildings showing how many days their learners have missed out on. [[MemeticPsychopath Duo knows where you live.]] It finishes off by saying that all it takes is a little [[ImpliedDeathThreat "push"]] and casually asking whether you've done your lesson today.

** ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', who did a skit on their November 2, 2019 episode about a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsEsgp3H7CU version of Duolingo]] intended to help adults communicate and relate to children. Needless to say, Duolingo found it ActuallyPrettyFunny, [[https://twitter.com/duolingo/status/1191449720377544704 even going so far]] as to jokingly set up such a course on the subject in their Incubator.

* ScheduleSlip: The upcoming courses are infamous for getting postponed.

** Duolingo's Twitter account posted a picture of Duo with [[WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse Hooty]] for the premiere of the first half of the second season of ''The Owl House'', acknowledging the CrackShip between the two.

* ReferencedBy: ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', who did a skit on their November 2, 2019 episode about a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsEsgp3H7CU version of Duolingo]] intended to help adults communicate and relate to children. Needless to say, Duolingo found it ActuallyPrettyFunny, [[https://twitter.com/duolingo/status/1191449720377544704 even going so far]] as to jokingly set up such a course on the subject in their Incubator.

** UpToEleven with their 2021 video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bdf4MFWe9s "The Unignorable Notification"]] where flying drones broadcasted notifications onto the sides of buildings showing how many days their learners have missed out on. [[MemeticPsychopath Duo knows where you live.]] It finishes off by saying that all it takes is a little [[ImpliedDeathThreat "push"]] and casually asking whether you've done your lesson today.

* ReferencedBy: ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', who did a skit on their November 2, 2019 about a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsEsgp3H7CU version of Duolingo]] intended to help adults communicate and relate to children. Needless to say, Duolingo found it ActuallyPrettyFunny, [[https://twitter.com/duolingo/status/1191449720377544704 even going so far]] as to jokingly set up such a course on the subject in their Incubator.

** Duolingo's Twitter account posted a picture of Duo with [[WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse Hooty]] for the premiere of the first half of the second season of The Owl House, acknowledging the CrackShip between the two.

* Duolingo posted a picture of Duo with [[WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse Hooty]] for the premiere of the first half of the second season of The Owl House, acknowledging the CrackShip between the two.

* BannedInChina: Duolingo was unceremoniously removed from the Xiaomi, Huawei, and 360 app stores (but not iOS) as part of a crackdown on overseas-based edtech. Duolingo has said that it is working on restoring app access in China.

* MemeAcknowledgment:

** Then Duolingo teamed up with VideoGame/AngryBirds2 with the latter providing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp0_kl48pyg&t=1s the two birds]] teaming up for a bar patron not practicing language.

** Then Duolingo teamed up with Angry Birds 2 with the latter providing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp0_kl48pyg&t=1s the two birds]] teaming up for a bar patron not practicing language.

* ReferencedBy: ''Series/SaturdayNightLive", who did a skit on their November 2, 2019 about a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsEsgp3H7CU version of Duolingo]] intended to help adults communicate and relate to children. Needless to say, Duolingo found it ActuallyPrettyFunny, [[https://twitter.com/duolingo/status/1191449720377544704 even going so far]] as to jokingly set up such a course on the subject in their Incubator.

** Many players [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation interpret the daily notifications as]] [[MemeticPsychopath the owl threatening to harm them if they don't take their lessons.]] The game's website and official Facebook page acknowledged this in their 2019 April Fool's prank, where they "released" a new feature where the owl would ''actually go to the player's house'' to remind them in real life.

* MemeAcknowledgment: Many players [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation interpret the daily notifications as]] [[MemeticPsychopath the owl threatening to harm them if they don't take their lessons.]] The game's website and official Facebook page acknowledged this in their 2019 April Fool's prank, where they "released" a new feature where the owl would ''actually go to the player's house'' to remind them in real life.