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Duo is the official mascot of Duolingo. He is a green owl, similar to the spectacled owl species in the real world and is meant to symbolize knowledge, wisdom, and learning.[1] When you're using Duolingo, he can at times serve as a coach to motivate users to achieve higher learning goals, and can also instruct users on several aspects of the Duolingo website. As you're doing lessons, he will sometimes pop up to do things like giving encouragement.

In French Duo is a chouette,[2] which is an owl without ear tufts (aigrettes in French),[3] and Duo has them.

Duo resembles Bea, since the official bio of Bea states: Duo and Bea: different species, same energy! 😉

Meme Culture

Duo has recently been used in memes to depict the reminders to practice in a humorous way, mostly in the amount of emails users receive. Duo has been known to call in ballistic missile-strikes on people who do not practice,[4] or physically abuse them.[5] The meme has become known as "Evil Duolingo Owl".[6]

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The front page of Duolingo push

The official Duolingo YouTube channel posted a video titled "Introducing Duo Push" on April 1st, 2019, as a nod to the "Evil Duo" memes. In the video, a person dressed in Duo costume is shown stalking users who have not completed their daily lessons in order to "push" them toward their goals.[7]

As part of the site's partnership with Angry Birds 2 in February 2020, Duo and the red Angry Bird were shown attacking people in a video. Duo arrived after discovering that one of the people at the bar hadn't done their French lessons.[8] As part of that same partnership, Red also appeared alongside Duo inside of lessons.[9]

Trivia

  • Duo's 2021 new year's resolution was to teach more languages and make more owl friends.[10]
  • Duo was featured in 4 of the monthly Challenges.
    • He was featured in the November 2022 Challenge "Duo's Big Game" which was created to celebrate the world cup.
    • He was also featured in the January 2023 Challenge "Celebrate the New Year with Duo" which was created to celebrate the new year, 2023.
    • He was also featured in the June 2023 Challenge "Duo's Birthday" which was created to celebrate the anniversary of Duolingo.
    • He was also featured in the November 2023 Challenge "Duo's Chess Match" which was created to celebrate the partnership with Chess.com.
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