"Looks like your skills have gone AWOL, fleabags."
—Sergeant O'Fera, Death Screen
Sergeant O'Fera is the leader for the Howling Aces, and the final mini-boss faced by the player in Doggone Dogfight.
Appearance[]
Sergeant O'Fera is a slender, female saluki dog who wears a yellow pilot's suit with a red collar, a red chest pocket on the right, with a red armband bearing a crossbone symbol and a red belt. She also wears brown open fingerless gloves and calf-high high-heeled boots, and a red garrison cap. She has long ears resembling blonde pigtails and a long snout. A patch of forelock sticks out from her hat.
Personality[]
Sergeant O'Fera's facial expression shows that she’s a serious, no-nonsense leader of the Howling Aces. However, she does panic when she loses, as she loses control of her Dachshund Destroyer. She has a tendency to speak using military code, as evident by her death screen quote.
Intro[]
O'Fera salutes to the players before being carried away by her Dog Chinook. Her tail also makes a saluting gesture.
Battle[]
Sergeant O'Fera enters the battle after the Yankee Yippers (Brigadier Bonegarde in Simple Mode) are beaten, or if their health is knocked low enough (21% or less) that all four of their jetpacks are emitting grey smoke as the Dachshund Destroyer flies right behind Canteen Hughes's plane, gripping the sides of the camera as it gets into position. Depending on whether the Yankee Yippers are beaten properly or all four of their health bars are between 0 and 21% their maximum health, she will behave differently during the fight itself.
Phase 3[]
O'Fera's primary attacks are both the laser sequence, then the bowl sequence. The laser phase will go first, before the screen tilts 90 degree counterclockwise, which will move onto the bowl sequence.
During the laser sequence, O'Fera has the capability to shoot lasers out of the Dachshund Destroyer's paw pads. Occasionally, a pink laser from the bottom will appear, allowing the player(s) to parry it. In Simple Mode, she only does this attack. In Expert Mode, more lasers appear. If Sergeant O'Fera is defeated in this sequence, she will pop in the top right paw pads and wallow while wringing her cap. The Dachshund Destroyer's teeth and its bow on top of the propeller are broken and the front propeller malfunctions. If the view is upside-down, the controls will be mapped to the orientation of the battlefield rather than the screen itself.
In the bowl sequence, she is seen inside the Dachshund Destroyer's mouth and attacks by unleashing dog bowls from the Chinook's eyes, and the player can shoot her directly; she does not do this in Simple Mode. Red bowls fly across the ground, while yellow bowls fly above the player(s). In Expert Mode, bowls will be unleashed more rapidly. When this sequence is finished, Sergeant O'Fera will dust off her hands and tilt the screen. If defeated during this sequence, she will whimper as the Dachshund Destroyer leaks air at different nooks and crannies and its teeth are broken.
Hitpoints = 440/630/720
Secret Phase[]
If the Yankee Yippers are not defeated, O'Fera will rescue the Yippers with the Dachshund Destroyer, before all five are revealed from the paw pads. In this phase, she will order the Dachshund Destroyer to fire a fire hydrant missile at the player(s) occasionally, using a club with an end that resembles a baseball to smack the paw pad as a signal. In Expert Mode, she cycle between each paw pad more often, which also make her command the firing of the fire hydrant missiles with less of an interval. O'Fera is the only one that needs to be defeated during this phase; any Yankee Yippers who were defeated will retreat to regenerate their health.
After the quintet are defeated, she will have the same animation from the laser sequence, although she will stay in whatever hole she emerged from rather than shifting to the upper right. Hitpoints = 680/777
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Trivia[]
Inspirations and similarities[]
- Sergeant O'Fera's forelock, fluffy ears and red garrison cap was inspired by Cammy from Street Fighter. Her death screen poses are also inspired by Cammy putting one hand on her hip while looking back and giving a thumbs up.
- Sergeant O'Fera may represent a combination of two of Pluto's most famous female companions in his shorts: Fifi (a Pekinese, shown with her fluffy ears and tail) and Dinah (a Dachshund, shown with her long muzzle and body).
- In her death screen, Seegeant O’Fera uses the term “AWOL”, which is a military term meaning “Absent without leave”, which is used to refer to military personnel leaving military operations without proper authorization.