History VideoGame / Duolingo

*** [[WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouseMovie All I wanted was my peace and quiet...]]

* OurProductSucks: Many late stories have people proudly advertising about things that have subpar quality and/or are unpleasant to clients--such as an immature babysitter, a dog that can destroy all of your stuff, or a space camp with an old trampoline as a "zero-gravity simulator"!

* SarcasmMode: ''Nearly every character'' in the modern version seems to be an expert in this. Many late stories even have people proudly advertising about things, such as dogs, babysitters and camp programs, that have subpar quality and/or are unpleasant to clients!

** One of the three advertised babysitters in the story "Looking for a Babysitter" is Samuel, who doesn't engage with the kids at all, earning him the title of "the invisible babysitter".

* LazyBum: "Lin's Towing Service" is an advertisement by Lin about her new business. The usual kicker? The business isn't open in the morning or afternoon due to her usual sleeping habits, she can arrive ''whenever she wants'' (even if it's too late), and she only responds when her phone has juice and is nearby!

*** [[WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouseMovie All I wanted was my peace and quiet.]]

** "Cake to Deliver" has Vikram and Eddy delivering a cake to a wedding of Vikram's cousin. Suddenly a tire goes flat and Vikram has to spend over an hour trying to fix it... while Eddy waits to the point of exhaustion, to the point he just takes the cake and eat it.

* SuddenContestFormatChange: Some questions, both in lessons and stories, may require knowledge (typically geographical) about places that speak the language you're learning, or general implications based on the given plot.

* {{Jerkass}}: Some characters, especially Lucy and Lin, can be downright mean to each other at times.

* {{Jerkass}}: Some characters can be downright mean to each other at times.

* PlaneAwfulFlight: The French course asks you to translate "''J'espère que le pilote ne dormira pas pendant le vol.''"--"I hope that the pilot won't sleep during the flight."

* SarcasmMode: ''Nearly every character'' in the modern version seems to be an expert in this. Many late stories even have people proudly advertising about things, such as dogs, babysitters and camp programs, that have subpar quality!

* SarcasmMode: ''Nearly every character'' in the modern version seems to be an expert in this. Many late stories even have people proudly advertising about things that have subpar quality!

* SuddenContestFormatChange: Some questions, both in lessons and stories, may require knowledge (typically geographical) about places that speak the language you're learning, or implications based on the given plot.

** On browsers, after completing a skill for the first time, you can redo the lessons with slightly more difficulty. However, if you ace the first two lessons of the harder level with no mistakes, the game lets you skip straight to the next level of the skill, since you clearly know what you're doing. (This feature has no longer been available in recent times.)

** On browsers, after completing a skill for the first time, you can redo the lessons with slightly more difficulty. However, if you ace the first two lessons of the harder level with no mistakes, the game lets you skip straight to the next level of the skill, since you clearly know what you're doing.

** If you can't listen to audio lessons for whatever reason, you can just click "Can't Listen Now" and all audio lessons will be skipped for an hour. You won't be penalized in the amount of XP you earn if you do this, either. There's also a "Can't Speak Now" button for lessons in which you have to talk into a microphone to give the answer. You can also turn audio and speech lessons off completely in your options so that they never appear at all, and there is no penalty for doing so.

* HorribleHoneymoon: "The Flat Tire" has Vikram and Priti accidentally recreating the night of their honeymoon together. Both times, while they were coming home from a date, their car broke down for whatever reason (at present it was because of a flat tire), and so they had to walk back. Vikram alone forgot his keys, so he had to use the window to get back inside the house. This time, ''both'' of them are locked out of the house.

** Not entirely looking the part, but in the story "He's Calling Me?", Zari displays great interest in a classmate named Marco... until he calls her on the phone.

** The meme phrase "Spanish or Vanish" is the name of a minigame in the official {{Platform/Roblox}} game made for the app's anniversary.