Meet Mandrake, the Oregon Ducks' Mascot That Didn't Fly

Sports fans are familiar with the University of Oregon's iconic mascot, The Duck, but not many people know of their rarely seen unofficial co-mascot, Mandrake. Photo: AP
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  • @Bogo85
    @Bogo854 жыл бұрын

    I was at that basketball game in 2003. He ran out across a corner of the court and then vanished into the locker room. It was insane. I thought I was seeing things.

  • @scooby9346

    @scooby9346

    Жыл бұрын

    Rip mandrake he will live on…. 😢 Fly high hopefully.

  • @outqast

    @outqast

    6 ай бұрын

    It came out of an egg at Autzen first. & was very...STUPID.

  • @cowboyconrad7585
    @cowboyconrad75856 жыл бұрын

    Mandrake looks badass idk who wouldnt want him

  • @tetkori5029

    @tetkori5029

    5 жыл бұрын

    Haha imagine him chasing you through a dark alley

  • @blackmooose

    @blackmooose

    4 жыл бұрын

    I know right ✔️

  • @bearnunnemaker5453

    @bearnunnemaker5453

    4 жыл бұрын

    @that boi really? And what's your school little boi??

  • @Oregonman2011

    @Oregonman2011

    2 жыл бұрын

    Because he was a replacement for The Duck. That would’ve been a terrible replacement Oregon fans definitely hated it The Duck is way too iconic now anyways

  • @setalight7290

    @setalight7290

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Oregonman2011 ewwww Ohio St

  • @rose-jo1dx
    @rose-jo1dx6 жыл бұрын

    He never was going to replace the original duck, he was just a more rude badass, athletic brother of the original duck

  • @user-ht9ey4nm4d
    @user-ht9ey4nm4d8 жыл бұрын

    Mandrake looks badass

  • @globaldayz
    @globaldayz4 жыл бұрын

    Mandrake wayyy too Thicc

  • @frogfish3244

    @frogfish3244

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ong he got a bbl

  • @rose-jo1dx
    @rose-jo1dx6 жыл бұрын

    I personally really like mandrake

  • @buzzplush3510

    @buzzplush3510

    5 жыл бұрын

    Corrupted Koala right

  • @bigbals7061

    @bigbals7061

    5 жыл бұрын

    Oh yeah yeah

  • @keanul
    @keanul7 жыл бұрын

    Mandrake is badass but he's just not fit for oregon

  • @giovannisanchez7570

    @giovannisanchez7570

    6 жыл бұрын

    LittleBit OfEverything i would say atleast maybye

  • @nathanlocke1419

    @nathanlocke1419

    6 жыл бұрын

    LittleBit OfEverything because orgeon isn't badass?? Lol

  • @sporke13

    @sporke13

    6 жыл бұрын

    LittleBit OfEverything I

  • @damongodofheavenanti-devil6719

    @damongodofheavenanti-devil6719

    6 жыл бұрын

    mandrake looks dope

  • @PeiceofNick

    @PeiceofNick

    6 жыл бұрын

    LittleBit OfEverything He looks more like one of these Saturday Morning TV shows costumed superheros that was soley made to either sell toys, rip-off Batman, or both.

  • @ethan-se6yq
    @ethan-se6yq5 жыл бұрын

    Mandrake was ahead of his time

  • @a-s-greig

    @a-s-greig

    4 жыл бұрын

    By at least 15 years, yes.

  • @KillJoy_Since2017
    @KillJoy_Since20174 жыл бұрын

    Man drake looked like a speed runner or something

  • @dustinestabrook923
    @dustinestabrook9234 жыл бұрын

    “The ducks” name is puddles.

  • @jeffdeboer1679

    @jeffdeboer1679

    4 жыл бұрын

    No officially. That's just a nickname. "Puddles" was an actual real duck that was the mascot in the 1920s.

  • @rileymurphy5411

    @rileymurphy5411

    4 жыл бұрын

    His name is actually "The Duck"

  • @minibikemorgan4992

    @minibikemorgan4992

    4 жыл бұрын

    His real name is Donald. Donald Duck...

  • @DaRoyaleWCheese

    @DaRoyaleWCheese

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yep, The Duck is actually his name .. 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @zeaferjones1404

    @zeaferjones1404

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@minibikemorgan4992 He's Donald's cousin.

  • @xoovo2218
    @xoovo22185 жыл бұрын

    Mandrake look like that one superhero phineas and ferb made in an episode

  • @layzi6398

    @layzi6398

    5 жыл бұрын

    XO OVO the superhero’s name is the beak and yea he does look like him 😂🤪👌🤣

  • @j.fortnite.kennedy
    @j.fortnite.kennedy4 жыл бұрын

    He had so much potential. They should have gave him wings or something

  • @colethorn6705
    @colethorn67055 жыл бұрын

    Personally I think the new one fits Them because they always got the new new uniforms

  • @kk-jm2xl
    @kk-jm2xl4 жыл бұрын

    All my life as a kid I was like why Oregon got Donald 😂

  • @noahtrevett5793
    @noahtrevett57936 жыл бұрын

    Mandrake is awesome

  • @ishamcneely2727
    @ishamcneely27273 жыл бұрын

    Imagine Oregon and Oregon State shared a Arena together just like the Lakers and the Clippers

  • @ZaireSimmons

    @ZaireSimmons

    Жыл бұрын

    Nah that would be stupid

  • @m35926
    @m359264 жыл бұрын

    Mandrake looks like a CW superhero

  • @RH_Collective
    @RH_Collective5 жыл бұрын

    Wow, it went from Donald Duck to Might Duck in an instant.

  • @aluminumllama3828
    @aluminumllama38286 жыл бұрын

    Roboduck looks awesome!!

  • @BlackburnFamilyRacing
    @BlackburnFamilyRacing6 жыл бұрын

    I remember this! I have searched for this video for months!

  • @ch3xmix
    @ch3xmix4 жыл бұрын

    Mandrake isnt here to cheer on the team, he's here to destroy the opponent.

  • @dariajames6200
    @dariajames62002 жыл бұрын

    Why. Do people say that nobody liked mandrake he got a massive pop from the Oregon crowd and he can do like 20 backflips in 6 seconds honestly he should be in the oylimpics in jymnastics or a wrestler

  • @idanoreilly
    @idanoreilly7 жыл бұрын

    If you look closely at point 1:00, you see part of the guy's face.

  • @cash8695

    @cash8695

    6 жыл бұрын

    Idan O'Reilly I

  • @johnmoore8293

    @johnmoore8293

    6 жыл бұрын

    And mandrake is ruined for me 😂

  • @AutoYoung

    @AutoYoung

    6 жыл бұрын

    So...

  • @videosofinterest9227

    @videosofinterest9227

    4 жыл бұрын

    I heard the mascot after the game Rob some dude and pout it out a couple White Chicks

  • @bearnunnemaker5453

    @bearnunnemaker5453

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Yung_Baller how do you know? And what if he is?

  • @Twenty_jewan22
    @Twenty_jewan227 жыл бұрын

    His names puddles

  • @HiepNguyen-uu9vn
    @HiepNguyen-uu9vn7 жыл бұрын

    Mandrake Is A,Superhero

  • @HiepNguyen-uu9vn

    @HiepNguyen-uu9vn

    7 жыл бұрын

    My hair is a black hair

  • @CarterGonzalez
    @CarterGonzalez5 жыл бұрын

    Mandrake is awesome! He and The Duck would be awesome!

  • @jona.scholt4362
    @jona.scholt43623 жыл бұрын

    I am laughing so hard right now remembering this; it is just so effing ridiculous! I kinda hope they bring him back for like one game randomly and just don't tell anyone ahead of time. If they did that I think people would absolutely love it for the nostalgia. It's almost so bad it's good.

  • @andrewcroissant8453
    @andrewcroissant84535 жыл бұрын

    I’m still half waiting for mandrake to take off his mash and start talking about how he needs to go for the heart to defeat Spider-Man

  • @willrosenbaum5625
    @willrosenbaum56256 жыл бұрын

    Make this a fortnite skin

  • @MSaleh-vy8rr

    @MSaleh-vy8rr

    6 жыл бұрын

    William Rosenbaum Hahaha true

  • @artistic-ampharos7979

    @artistic-ampharos7979

    6 жыл бұрын

    *how bout nah*

  • @Logan_8_

    @Logan_8_

    5 жыл бұрын

    They did

  • @dogpound_123_playz2

    @dogpound_123_playz2

    5 жыл бұрын

    William Rosenbaum I willl buy it

  • @kkkjk6o8ho7y7
    @kkkjk6o8ho7y75 жыл бұрын

    Winning It All...for the Duck. 🐧🦆⚽️🏏🥅🏟

  • @andeleon6838
    @andeleon68383 жыл бұрын

    That guy looks like a teenage mutant ninja turtles' supervillain

  • @cameronlaird5618
    @cameronlaird56184 жыл бұрын

    The Duck as you call him, his name is Puddles!

  • @nolongerused7925
    @nolongerused79255 жыл бұрын

    I loved Mandrake.

  • @oliveranderson9075
    @oliveranderson9075 Жыл бұрын

    They were trying to get around a licensing disagreement with Disney that prevented The Duck from appearing on TV for decades

  • @phorewhoresman1897
    @phorewhoresman18975 жыл бұрын

    Puddles!!!!!!! Greetings from Eugene all!

  • @moesyzslak2939
    @moesyzslak29394 жыл бұрын

    I like schools with mascots and tradition

  • @notloccoltonTM
    @notloccoltonTM4 жыл бұрын

    I love puddles and always have lol

  • @Batmansmokesdope
    @Batmansmokesdope4 жыл бұрын

    Okay but real note mandrake looks badasss

  • @dedgar6161
    @dedgar61613 жыл бұрын

    Mandrake looks like he could play football just as good

  • @adrianacobos8328
    @adrianacobos83287 жыл бұрын

    I like the new mascot

  • @destinyphongmany5706
    @destinyphongmany57064 жыл бұрын

    That’s my ManDrake!

  • @bobbywalsh7767
    @bobbywalsh77674 жыл бұрын

    Mandrake lives... I’ve seen him

  • @Rick_Sanchez_C137_

    @Rick_Sanchez_C137_

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bobby Walsh And I gots a buddy what seen big foots.... and when he was abduck-ted by aliens, big foots was there! Happened in eastern Oregon when he was shroomin at a hot spring! True story! lol

  • @michaelnudelman7861
    @michaelnudelman78616 жыл бұрын

    Texas Tech has 3 mascots the masked rider , and raider red , the 3rd is a rare one , it doesn’t make many appearances at all. It is called the Matador🕺🏻

  • @johncameron3822
    @johncameron38226 жыл бұрын

    That costume is dope

  • @jgt4862
    @jgt4862 Жыл бұрын

    Actually, the Duck's name is, "Puddles."

  • @GOMA_JEOSSI
    @GOMA_JEOSSI4 жыл бұрын

    wow...!

  • @cnelson40
    @cnelson40Ай бұрын

    0:29 In the 70s they drew up Mandrake, then waited 30 years to unleash it? Seems like something’s missing in that story.

  • @jna6246
    @jna62465 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for saying that Oregon has licensing rights for the duck from Disney. I never knew that.

  • @oldman9114
    @oldman91146 жыл бұрын

    I wish I had mandrake s costume

  • @jeffdeboer1679

    @jeffdeboer1679

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's probably chillin somewhere in the basement of Autzen. Maybe you can break in and steal it.

  • @etkruger
    @etkruger6 жыл бұрын

    I don't like Oregon, but i like their mascot

  • @robfritz622
    @robfritz6224 жыл бұрын

    I'm a UO student; bring back the Mandrake

  • @cheesenoodles9403
    @cheesenoodles94034 жыл бұрын

    He looks like the robot in phineas and ferb

  • @eugenemoyers5236
    @eugenemoyers52362 жыл бұрын

    I was on campus when that alternate Duck was created in the school paper. If memory serves his name was Drake Mallard (pronounced Mull-lard). As I remember him, he was Joe Cool, friendly, up beat and everybody's laid back idol. I certainly don't remember him as angry or mean. There was even a campus wide vote to replace Donald with Drake that failed on a close vote. I don't like the RoboDuck character either. But a laid back Drake Mallard hanging out in the student section cheering and schmoozing would have been cool.

  • @RachelDeRosier010894
    @RachelDeRosier0108945 жыл бұрын

    0:44 Dat duck booty doe.

  • @Longo556
    @Longo5566 жыл бұрын

    Wall Street Journal coverage? Am I missing something?

  • @JazzCity132
    @JazzCity1326 жыл бұрын

    Where can I buy the Duck costume?

  • @coralleehubbard534
    @coralleehubbard5348 жыл бұрын

    The ducks name is Puddles

  • @scottgiordano7892

    @scottgiordano7892

    7 жыл бұрын

    Coral Lee Hubbard the original original live animal mascots name was puddles. The feathered but job we have now is named The Duck.

  • @JoshuaDStewart
    @JoshuaDStewart4 жыл бұрын

    I was at the game when they revealed him in that dumb egg. Halftime against USC if I remember right. It was such a bizarre show they tried to conjure up. Everybody hated it from the beginning.

  • @jacksonwantstodie2416
    @jacksonwantstodie24165 жыл бұрын

    He looks cool

  • @vanhouten64
    @vanhouten643 жыл бұрын

    I thought I saw Mandrake at the drive-thru at Wendy's one day, not sure if it was him

  • @moralcoach717
    @moralcoach7174 жыл бұрын

    He kinda reminds me of that villain from spiderman

  • @a-s-greig

    @a-s-greig

    4 жыл бұрын

    He really does look like that one Green Goblin...

  • @nyirobiojulu3743
    @nyirobiojulu37436 жыл бұрын

    Mandrake lol reminds me of Mandark from Dexter's Laboratory

  • @Rozdlc

    @Rozdlc

    6 жыл бұрын

    Nyirobi Ojulu glad I wasn't the only one who thought that 😂

  • @dmacc45
    @dmacc456 жыл бұрын

    Did you guys see at 1:04 Andy was on the Ducks foot

  • @broden4043
    @broden40435 жыл бұрын

    Who else things of Phineas and Ferb when they see this

  • @gavinboggs5787
    @gavinboggs5787 Жыл бұрын

    Roboduck GOT THAT CAKE THOUGH

  • @lindseygraha6545
    @lindseygraha65454 жыл бұрын

    Yeah man Drake is so sick

  • @briskthehusky9545
    @briskthehusky95456 жыл бұрын

    Omg Mandrake is daddy lol

  • @Idkwhoiamdawg

    @Idkwhoiamdawg

    6 жыл бұрын

    Leave.

  • @ZephyrFate

    @ZephyrFate

    4 жыл бұрын

    Chavvy Doncalz no.

  • @iMooney

    @iMooney

    4 жыл бұрын

    Gross

  • @agg_dio5497
    @agg_dio54975 жыл бұрын

    He look cool

  • @DallasStarsRecap
    @DallasStarsRecap6 жыл бұрын

    They should rename Mandrake and let him show up at a Oregon national championship/bowls and team with puddles (ONE DAY)

  • @unspherdcomb6174
    @unspherdcomb61746 жыл бұрын

    I see duck vader at every home game and we have the best mascot ever

  • @vgreensnxgz790

    @vgreensnxgz790

    6 жыл бұрын

    Unspherdcomb6 no clemson has the best mascot ever

  • @ZephyrFate

    @ZephyrFate

    4 жыл бұрын

    Big Body no, Oregon does

  • @rugpull500
    @rugpull5005 жыл бұрын

    They should just call him Roboduck that would be cold asf

  • @blakeanderson4022
    @blakeanderson40225 жыл бұрын

    Should have gave him a jetpack. Everyone loves jetpacks.

  • @superman31172
    @superman311726 жыл бұрын

    Mandrake is badass i see nothing wrong with him.

  • @jamess5415
    @jamess54153 жыл бұрын

    Howard will forever be the mascot!

  • @curtisseligmiller5832
    @curtisseligmiller58324 жыл бұрын

    RoboDuck looks waaaaaay cooler than the original Duck!

  • @sth02
    @sth024 жыл бұрын

    Mandrake is aight, but my man Puddles is the OG

  • @KINGECHA
    @KINGECHA4 жыл бұрын

    If our marvel I would buy it

  • @noahb1870
    @noahb18704 жыл бұрын

    Haha I was at that game when Roboduck came out of the egg...

  • @Omgitzhuncho
    @Omgitzhuncho4 жыл бұрын

    It has to match the uniforms, bring him out now and I bet the stadium likes it

  • @daffyduckfan9440
    @daffyduckfan94403 жыл бұрын

    For some odd reason the concept art for mandrake looks suspiciously like daffy duck from warner bros and looney tune

  • @sjoq9031
    @sjoq90315 жыл бұрын

    Everyone would've liked Mandrake if he was created by Stan Lee

  • @videosofinterest9227
    @videosofinterest92274 жыл бұрын

    What a clever April fools trick

  • @plsur
    @plsur2 жыл бұрын

    I was in the stadium when "AssQuack" was spawned. We lost.

  • @Oarboar1
    @Oarboar13 жыл бұрын

    "Donald, I am your father!"

  • @dkspartan9357
    @dkspartan93574 жыл бұрын

    I liked Mandrake

  • @kylerskornerh7200
    @kylerskornerh72002 жыл бұрын

    The duck is named puddles

  • @jamisons9971
    @jamisons99716 жыл бұрын

    Why would you make a mascot thats intimidating

  • @amorecredibleusername692

    @amorecredibleusername692

    6 жыл бұрын

    To intimidate

  • @zulino333

    @zulino333

    4 жыл бұрын

    Cause it's football...

  • @jamisons9971

    @jamisons9971

    4 жыл бұрын

    Richrichard34 mascots are not players

  • @zulino333

    @zulino333

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jamisons9971 Never said they did, they intermediate the other team to get the upper advantage, and as stated in the video, the duck was still the original mascot, meaning puddles would take care of the fans and mandrake on both scaring the players and using his acrobatic skills to entertain the fans

  • @NateCraven318

    @NateCraven318

    2 жыл бұрын

    Because that's the point of football. To look intimidating.

  • @scorp1566
    @scorp15665 жыл бұрын

    It looks like a lost member of the power rangers.

  • @ethanjosephtier2rugbynatio379

    @ethanjosephtier2rugbynatio379

    4 жыл бұрын

    Or the Avengers

  • @Byrds0ng
    @Byrds0ng6 жыл бұрын

    mandrakes cries are so fatal tho

  • @Zzkieb22
    @Zzkieb222 жыл бұрын

    Mandrake should come back he would look badass especially with the new unis

  • @benjamincohen9317
    @benjamincohen93176 жыл бұрын

    1:03 maybe they asked Pixar

  • @matthewmontez8045
    @matthewmontez80455 жыл бұрын

    He looks like the 2018 version of Venom from the Venom Movie .-.

  • @redskinsman10
    @redskinsman106 жыл бұрын

    I like roboduck

  • @DtxDoan
    @DtxDoan4 жыл бұрын

    1:03 Andy owNa a duck

  • @itsjustme5097
    @itsjustme50974 жыл бұрын

    Isn't Mandrake from Phineas and Ferb

  • @beastprodic6900
    @beastprodic69006 жыл бұрын

    Maddrake looks way cooler

  • @DawgPoundEnjoyer
    @DawgPoundEnjoyer8 ай бұрын

    Why did they have to give Mandrake an absolute dump truck?

  • @toasterowens8916
    @toasterowens89164 жыл бұрын

    I'd take it

  • @ajrocks8488
    @ajrocks84886 жыл бұрын

    Bring Mandrake back

  • @sksthumb4654
    @sksthumb46547 жыл бұрын

    Wow work on your facts I'm sorry but they used robo-duck because the new owner of disney was trying to sue us and we were not allowed to use him until the trial was over and Oregon won this is just offensive.

  • @scottgiordano7892

    @scottgiordano7892

    7 жыл бұрын

    thank you for calling that out.

  • @JeWHT

    @JeWHT

    6 жыл бұрын

    But at 0:14 it says Walt Disney himself signed saying they could use it. Sounds like you don't know your school history

  • @baldanders

    @baldanders

    6 жыл бұрын

    eventually walt disney died

  • @JeWHT

    @JeWHT

    6 жыл бұрын

    Cool Hand Luke But... it was still licenced to them. Why can't you look it up, instead of looking like a fool.

  • @notateddy1409

    @notateddy1409

    6 жыл бұрын

    Doro That is what happened, except UO had accidentally strayed from the agreement terms which hadn't been an issue until they ended up in court. Mainly the case was being able to use the duck for more events since the disney license limited public use (+ it was just strict in general) and they wanted to dodge other discrepancies.