diff --git a/docarray/array/mixins/empty.py b/docarray/array/mixins/empty.py
index 9959562fdbb..92a95f96624 100644
--- a/docarray/array/mixins/empty.py
+++ b/docarray/array/mixins/empty.py
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ class EmptyMixin:
     """Helper functions for building arrays with empty Document."""
 
     @classmethod
-    def empty(cls: Type['T'], size: int = 0) -> 'T':
+    def empty(cls: Type['T'], size: int = 0, *args, **kwargs) -> 'T':
         """Create a :class:`DocumentArray`  object with :attr:`size` empty
         :class:`Document` objects.
 
         :param size: the number of empty Documents in this container
         :return: a :class:`DocumentArray` object
         """
-        return cls(Document() for _ in range(size))
+        return cls((Document() for _ in range(size)), *args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/docarray/array/mixins/io/binary.py b/docarray/array/mixins/io/binary.py
index 3b7b772c1c6..32bcc194f34 100644
--- a/docarray/array/mixins/io/binary.py
+++ b/docarray/array/mixins/io/binary.py
@@ -168,7 +168,10 @@ def from_bytes(
         _show_progress: bool = False,
     ) -> 'T':
         return cls.load_binary(
-            data, protocol=protocol, compress=compress, _show_progress=_show_progress
+            data,
+            protocol=protocol,
+            compress=compress,
+            _show_progress=_show_progress,
         )
 
     def save_binary(
diff --git a/docarray/array/mixins/io/from_gen.py b/docarray/array/mixins/io/from_gen.py
index e038b526ffb..2428e2e103e 100644
--- a/docarray/array/mixins/io/from_gen.py
+++ b/docarray/array/mixins/io/from_gen.py
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ def from_ndarray(
         axis: int = 0,
         size: Optional[int] = None,
         shuffle: bool = False,
+        *args,
+        **kwargs,
     ) -> 'T':
         """Build from a numpy array.
 
diff --git a/docarray/array/mixins/io/pushpull.py b/docarray/array/mixins/io/pushpull.py
index 4461bffee3b..e6c5df8aa70 100644
--- a/docarray/array/mixins/io/pushpull.py
+++ b/docarray/array/mixins/io/pushpull.py
@@ -90,11 +90,7 @@ def read(self, n=-1):
             )
 
     @classmethod
-    def pull(
-        cls: Type['T'],
-        token: str,
-        show_progress: bool = False,
-    ) -> 'T':
+    def pull(cls: Type['T'], token: str, show_progress: bool = False) -> 'T':
         """Pulling a :class:`DocumentArray` from Jina Cloud Service to local.
 
         :param token: the upload token set during :meth:`.push`
diff --git a/docarray/array/mixins/pydantic.py b/docarray/array/mixins/pydantic.py
index 7673aba5133..d3fa3df478a 100644
--- a/docarray/array/mixins/pydantic.py
+++ b/docarray/array/mixins/pydantic.py
@@ -22,10 +22,7 @@ def to_pydantic_model(self) -> 'PydanticDocumentArray':
         return [d.to_pydantic_model() for d in self]
 
     @classmethod
-    def from_pydantic_model(
-        cls: Type['T'],
-        model: List['BaseModel'],
-    ) -> 'T':
+    def from_pydantic_model(cls: Type['T'], model: List['BaseModel']) -> 'T':
         """Convert a list of PydanticDocument into
 
         :param model: the pydantic data model object that represents a DocumentArray