diff --git a/media/src/api/api.base.js b/media/src/api/api.base.js
index 7aed733f..08b0a687 100644
--- a/media/src/api/api.base.js
+++ b/media/src/api/api.base.js
@@ -307,6 +307,14 @@ _Api.prototype = /** @lends DataTables.Api */{
 	},
 
 
+	flatten: function ()
+	{
+		return this.reduce( function ( a, b ) {
+			return a.concat( b );
+		} );
+	},
+
+
 	indexOf: _arrayProto.indexOf || function (obj, start)
 	{
 		for ( var i=(start || 0), ien=this.length ; i<ien ; i++ ) {
diff --git a/media/src/api/api.cells.js b/media/src/api/api.cells.js
index 3f6848be..5e6bf778 100644
--- a/media/src/api/api.cells.js
+++ b/media/src/api/api.cells.js
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ _api.register( 'cells()', function ( rowSelector, columnSelector, opts ) {
 
 
 _api.register( 'cells().nodes()', function () {
-	return this.iterator( true, 'cell', function ( settings, row, column ) {
+	return this.iterator( 'cell', function ( settings, row, column ) {
 		return settings.aoData[ row ].anCells[ column ];
 	} );
 } );
 
 
 _api.register( 'cells().data()', function () {
-	return this.iterator( true, 'cell', function ( settings, row, column ) {
+	return this.iterator( 'cell', function ( settings, row, column ) {
 		return _fnGetCellData( settings, row, column );
 	} );
 } );
diff --git a/media/src/api/api.columns.js b/media/src/api/api.columns.js
index 5cc3d034..58c1cc1d 100644
--- a/media/src/api/api.columns.js
+++ b/media/src/api/api.columns.js
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ _api.register( 'columns().header()', function ( selector, opts ) {
  *
  */
 _api.register( 'columns().data()', function () {
-	return this.iterator( true, 'column-rows', function ( settings, column, i, j, rows ) {
+	return this.iterator( 'column-rows', function ( settings, column, i, j, rows ) {
 		var a = [];
 		for ( var row=0, ien=rows.length ; row<ien ; row++ ) {
 			a.push( _fnGetCellData( settings, rows[row], column, '' ) );
diff --git a/media/src/api/api.rows.js b/media/src/api/api.rows.js
index d8f59159..81d12bef 100644
--- a/media/src/api/api.rows.js
+++ b/media/src/api/api.rows.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ _api.register( 'rows().data()', function ( data ) {
 
 
 _api.register( 'rows().invalidate()', function ( src ) {
-	return this.iterator( true, 'row', function ( settings, row ) {
+	return this.iterator( 'row', function ( settings, row ) {
 		_fnInvalidateRow( settings, row, src );
 	} );
 } );
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ _api.register( 'rows().invalidate()', function ( src ) {
 _api.register( 'rows().remove()', function () {
 	var that = this;
 
-	return this.iterator( true, 'row', function ( settings, row, thatIdx ) {
+	return this.iterator( 'row', function ( settings, row, thatIdx ) {
 		var data = settings.aoData;
 
 		data.splice( row, 1 );