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The '''Grand Department Store'''<ref>[[:File:EBPlayersGuideP61.jpg|EarthBound Player's Guide, p. 61]]</ref> (alternatively '''Fourside Grand''')<ref>"Even our clerks get lost in the store! The world's largest department store, the "Fourside Grand"." - Newspaper article</ref> is a [[department store]] in [[Fourside]]. It is extremely large, and even the clerks working there get lost.<ref>"Even our clerks get lost in the store! The world's largest department store, the "Fourside Grand"." - Newspaper article</ref> The variety of items in the store are praised, but their prices are often criticized.<ref>"The department store in Fourside has reopened after being renovated. People say that they have a good variety of things, but the prices are a little bit high. Have you been there yet?" - NPC</ref> After the store re-opens, if Ness chooses to shop there, [[Paula]] will be kidnapped, and a blackout will occur. All of the people in the store vanish during the blackout, and the store becomes flooded with enemies. At the top of the floor, the [[Dept. Store Spook]] can be found during the blackout. This blackout is later blamed on the mouse found on the first floor.<ref>"Mysterious department store blackout caused by mouse" -Newspaper article</ref>