Pilot Saluki
"Looks like your skills have gone AWOL, fleabags."
—Pilot Saluki, Death Screen
The Pilot Saluki (whose true name is currently unknown) is the leader for the Howling Aces, and the final mini-boss faced by the player in Doggone Dogfight.
Appearance
The Pilot Saluki 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 and belt. She also wears brown open finger gloves and boots, and a red garrison cap. She has long ears resembling twintails and a long snout. A patch of forelock stick out from her hat.
Personality
Although the Pilot Saluki’s personality is currently unknown but her facial expression shows that she’s a serious, no-nonsense leader of the Howling Aces.
Intro
She salutes to the players before being carried away by her Dog Chinook. Her tail also makes a saluting gesture.
Battle
Phase 3
Her 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, she has the capability to shoot lasers out of the Chinook'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 Pilot Saluki is defeated in this sequence, she will pop in the top right paw pads and wallow while wringing her cap. The Dog Chinook's teeth and its bow on top of the propeller are broken and the front propeller malfunctions.
In the bowl sequence, she is seen inside the Chinook's mouth and attacks by unleashing dog bowls from the Chinook's eyes. 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, Pilot Saluki will dust off her hands and tilt the screen. If defeated during this sequence, she will whimper as the Dog Chinook 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, she will rescue them with the Chinook, before all four are revealed from the paw pads. In this phase, she will order the Dog Chinook to fire a fire hydrant missile at the player(s) occasionally. In Expert Mode, she cycle between each paw pad more often, which also make her command the firing of the fire hydrant missile with less interval.
After they are defeated, she will have the same animation from the laser sequence. Hitpoints = 680/777
Gallery
Animated intro
Chinook intro
Chinook fly away
Saluting
A full view of the Chinook she flies.
Leader fly away
Chinook across the background
Chinook idle
Chinook idle sideway
Chinook rotate camera
Chinook rotate camera out
Idle after rotate camera.
Attacking
Dusting her hands after pressing the buttons unleashing the dog bowls
Chinook knockout A
Chinook knockout B
Knockout (Dog dishes variant)
Knockout (Lasers variant)
Knockout (Lasers)
Knockout (Dog Bowls)
Knockout (Secret)
Sketch
Pencil test intro
Pilot Saluki (left) in the end credits
Trivia
Inspirations and similarities
- Pilot Saluki'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.
- Pilot Saluki 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).
- Female
- Bosses
- Inkwell Isle 4 bosses
- The Howling Aces
- Characters