The first two seasons of Stranger Things ended with pretty similar final battles. While the rest of the kids—and Hopper and Joyce—distract the monsters from the Upside Down, Eleven uses her powers to save the day. Stranger Things 3 appeared to be preparing for another big showdown between Eleven and the Mind Flayer—until early in the final episode. When Eleven is trying to move a car she flipped in the middle of Starcourt, nothing happens. Then, in the next scene, Eleven is trying to crush a can of New Coke—a callback to the first season when she'd crush cans of original Coke—but, again, nothing happens.