title: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
Peter Laird
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (IDW Publishing)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
John Besmehn
John C. Schulte
Karai (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Radical Rescue
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze
sentences: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, also known as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Turtles In Time, is a 1993 American fantasy action comedy film written and directed by Stuart Gillard, based on the comic book characters the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
 It is the second sequel to the 1990 live-action "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" film.
 It was produced by Clearwater Holdings Ltd. and Golden Harvest.
 This was the last "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" film released by New Line Cinema and released on VHS along with Columbia TriStar Home Video.
 It was internationally distributed by 20th Century Fox.
Peter Alan Laird (born January 27, 1954) is an American comic book writer and artist.
 He is best known for co-creating the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with writer and artist Kevin Eastman.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an ongoing comic book series published by IDW Publishing.
 Since its inception in August 2011, it has been the first new comic version of the turtles to debut after the sale of the franchise to Nickelodeon in October 2009.
 The initial creative team consisted of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman (who collaborated on the plot and the page layouts), Tom Waltz (who scripted the series) and artist Dan Duncan.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (initially known as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles in some European countries due to controversy at the time, and also known as TMNT 1987) is an American animated television series produced by the studio Murakami-Wolf-Swenson and the French company .
 The pilot was shown during the week of December 28, 1987 in syndication as a five-part miniseries and the show began its official run on October 1, 1988.
 Since then the show and franchise has become a worldwide phenomenon.
 The series featured the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters created in comic book form by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird.
 The property was changed considerably from the darker-toned comic, to make it more suitable for children and the family.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time, released as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: Turtles in Time in Europe, is an arcade video game produced by Konami.
 A sequel to the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" ("TMNT") arcade game, it is a scrolling beat 'em up type game based mainly on the 1987 "TMNT" animated series.
 Originally an arcade game, "Turtles in Time" was ported to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992 under the title Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time, continuing the numbering from the earlier "Turtles" games released on the original NES.
 That same year, a game that borrowed many elements, "" was released for the Mega Drive/Genesis.
John Charles Besmehn (born 1964) from San Jose, California, is a writer, director, and producer of animated and live action shows, and a developer of toys and entertainment properties.
 He co-developed the toy line for "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", a multibillion-dollar comic book, animated television series and movie franchise, originally conceived by the comic book team, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird.
John Christopher Schulte (born 1959) is an American writer, director, and producer of animation, toys and entertainment properties.
 He has developed many iconic intellectual properties from the 1980s, 1990s and on into the 21st-century.
 Working as a developer and writer, he served on the development team for the wildly popular "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", which became a multi-billion dollar franchise internationally and has enjoyed several resurgences since its original inception by the comic book duo, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird.
 He provided seminal development for licensee, Playmates Toys, and contributed stories to the animated series, helmed by veteran satirist, Jack Mendelsohn.
Karai is a fictional character in various installments of the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" ("TMNT") comics and related media, where she is usually a high-rank member of the Foot Clan outlaw ninja organization.
 She was originally introduced in Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird's comic book series "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" in 1992.
 Since then, she has appeared in several different "TMNT" comics, cartoons and films, as well as in about a dozen video games (including as a playable character in "", "" and "").
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Radical Rescue, released as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles III: Radical Rescue in Europe, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Turtles Kiki Ippatsu (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: タートルズ危機一発 ) in Japan, is a Game Boy game by Konami, released in November 1993.
 It is the third and final Game Boy game based on the Ninja Turtles, following "" and "".
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze is a 2.5D platform video game developed by WayForward Technologies and published by Activision.
 It is the second video game based on the 2012 "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" TV series and features elements from the show's second and third seasons.
 It was released as a sequel to the 2013 game "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles".
 The game also features gameplay elements and homages to the 1989 "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" NES game.

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 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, also known as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Turtles In Time, is a 1993 American fantasy action comedy film written and directed by Stuart Gillard, based on the comic book characters the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
 It is the second sequel to the 1990 live-action "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" film.
 It was produced by Clearwater Holdings Ltd. and Golden Harvest.
 This was the last "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" film released by New Line Cinema and released on VHS along with Columbia TriStar Home Video.
 It was internationally distributed by 20th Century Fox. 

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 Peter Alan Laird (born January 27, 1954) is an American comic book writer and artist.
 He is best known for co-creating the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with writer and artist Kevin Eastman. 

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 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an ongoing comic book series published by IDW Publishing.
 Since its inception in August 2011, it has been the first new comic version of the turtles to debut after the sale of the franchise to Nickelodeon in October 2009.
 The initial creative team consisted of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman (who collaborated on the plot and the page layouts), Tom Waltz (who scripted the series) and artist Dan Duncan. 

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 John Charles Besmehn (born 1964) from San Jose, California, is a writer, director, and producer of animated and live action shows, and a developer of toys and entertainment properties.
 He co-developed the toy line for "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", a multibillion-dollar comic book, animated television series and movie franchise, originally conceived by the comic book team, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. 

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 John Christopher Schulte (born 1959) is an American writer, director, and producer of animation, toys and entertainment properties.
 He has developed many iconic intellectual properties from the 1980s, 1990s and on into the 21st-century.
 Working as a developer and writer, he served on the development team for the wildly popular "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", which became a multi-billion dollar franchise internationally and has enjoyed several resurgences since its original inception by the comic book duo, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird.
 He provided seminal development for licensee, Playmates Toys, and contributed stories to the animated series, helmed by veteran satirist, Jack Mendelsohn. 

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 Karai is a fictional character in various installments of the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" ("TMNT") comics and related media, where she is usually a high-rank member of the Foot Clan outlaw ninja organization.
 She was originally introduced in Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird's comic book series "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" in 1992.
 Since then, she has appeared in several different "TMNT" comics, cartoons and films, as well as in about a dozen video games (including as a playable character in "", "" and ""). 

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 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Radical Rescue, released as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles III: Radical Rescue in Europe, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Turtles Kiki Ippatsu (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: タートルズ危機一発 ) in Japan, is a Game Boy game by Konami, released in November 1993.
 It is the third and final Game Boy game based on the Ninja Turtles, following "" and "". 

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 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze is a 2.5D platform video game developed by WayForward Technologies and published by Activision.
 It is the second video game based on the 2012 "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" TV series and features elements from the show's second and third seasons.
 It was released as a sequel to the 2013 game "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles".
 The game also features gameplay elements and homages to the 1989 "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" NES game. 

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Answer: Peter Alan Laird