Thanks to the popularity of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon and its correlated line of toys, Jim Henson's Creature Shop brought the Turtles to the big screen with some TMNT live-action suits that recreated the classic heroes much to the thrill of young fans. The third and final film in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' original theatrical run was 1993's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, which was also live-action. With the hugely successful 1987 animated cartoon and the three live-action films under its belt, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles returned to TV in 1997, this time for the live-action series Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation.