Why is a girl ask guy dance called a Sadie Hawkins?

Believe it or not, the entire tradition of the girl-asks-boy dance originates from a comic strip. In the famous cartoon In the famous cartoon-turned-musical Li'l Abner, there was a designated day in November when unmarried women could chase bachelors around the town in hopes of catching them for marriage. According to the story, little Miss Sadie Hawkins was "the homeliest gal in all them hills" and this fateful day was her favorite - and the town bachelor's most dreaded - day of the year. As the comic gained popularity, a holiday inspired by the perpetually single Sadie was born!!!.