diff --git a/examples/.gitignore b/examples/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..76e49aa15754
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+out.rrd
diff --git a/examples/python/api_demo/main.py b/examples/python/api_demo/main.py
index aff55a99bab8..eb79c9928d14 100755
--- a/examples/python/api_demo/main.py
+++ b/examples/python/api_demo/main.py
@@ -333,7 +333,8 @@ def main() -> None:
     )
 
     rr.script_add_args(parser)
-    args = parser.parse_args()
+    args, unknown = parser.parse_known_args()
+    [__import__("logging").warning(f"unknown arg: {arg}") for arg in unknown]
 
     rr.script_setup(args, "api_demo")
 
diff --git a/examples/python/arkitscenes/main.py b/examples/python/arkitscenes/main.py
index e05277eff918..9b9e00632539 100755
--- a/examples/python/arkitscenes/main.py
+++ b/examples/python/arkitscenes/main.py
@@ -431,7 +431,8 @@ def main() -> None:
         help="Include the high resolution camera and depth images",
     )
     rr.script_add_args(parser)
-    args = parser.parse_args()
+    args, unknown = parser.parse_known_args()
+    [__import__("logging").warning(f"unknown arg: {arg}") for arg in unknown]
 
     rr.script_setup(args, "arkitscenes")
     recording_path = ensure_recording_available(args.video_id, args.include_highres)
diff --git a/examples/python/car/main.py b/examples/python/car/main.py
index 8745f064a026..a86bf23c70ec 100755
--- a/examples/python/car/main.py
+++ b/examples/python/car/main.py
@@ -255,7 +255,8 @@ def generate_car_data(num_frames: int) -> Iterator[SampleFrame]:
 def main() -> None:
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Logs rich data using the Rerun SDK.")
     rr.script_add_args(parser)
-    args = parser.parse_args()
+    args, unknown = parser.parse_known_args()
+    [__import__("logging").warning(f"unknown arg: {arg}") for arg in unknown]
 
     rr.script_setup(args, "car")
     log_car_data()
diff --git a/examples/python/clock/main.py b/examples/python/clock/main.py
index 1eff8821373c..4501a0ad23db 100755
--- a/examples/python/clock/main.py
+++ b/examples/python/clock/main.py
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ def rotate(angle: float, len: float) -> Tuple[float, float, float]:
     )
     parser.add_argument("--steps", type=int, default=10_000, help="The number of time steps to log")
     rr.script_add_args(parser)
-    args = parser.parse_args()
+    args, unknown = parser.parse_known_args()
+    [__import__("logging").warning(f"unknown arg: {arg}") for arg in unknown]
 
     rr.script_setup(args, "clock")
     log_clock(args.steps)
diff --git a/examples/python/colmap/main.py b/examples/python/colmap/main.py
index cb83a0e800ea..832d68f89346 100755
--- a/examples/python/colmap/main.py
+++ b/examples/python/colmap/main.py
@@ -182,7 +182,8 @@ def main() -> None:
     )
     parser.add_argument("--resize", action="store", help="Target resolution to resize images")
     rr.script_add_args(parser)
-    args = parser.parse_args()
+    args, unknown = parser.parse_known_args()
+    [__import__("logging").warning(f"unknown arg: {arg}") for arg in unknown]
 
     if args.resize:
         args.resize = tuple(int(x) for x in args.resize.split("x"))
diff --git a/examples/python/deep_sdf/main.py b/examples/python/deep_sdf/main.py
index 7bc91a827242..94a3fea77595 100755
--- a/examples/python/deep_sdf/main.py
+++ b/examples/python/deep_sdf/main.py
@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ def main() -> None:
         help="Path to a mesh to analyze. If set, overrides the `--mesh` argument.",
     )
     rr.script_add_args(parser)
-    args = parser.parse_args()
+    args, unknown = parser.parse_known_args()
+    [__import__("logging").warning(f"unknown arg: {arg}") for arg in unknown]
 
     rr.script_setup(args, "deep_sdf")
 
diff --git a/examples/python/dicom/main.py b/examples/python/dicom/main.py
index 7b35e94baf85..892b43b39434 100755
--- a/examples/python/dicom/main.py
+++ b/examples/python/dicom/main.py
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ def ensure_dataset_downloaded() -> Iterable[Path]:
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Logs rich data using the Rerun SDK.")
     rr.script_add_args(parser)
-    args = parser.parse_args()
+    args, unknown = parser.parse_known_args()
+    [__import__("logging").warning(f"unknown arg: {arg}") for arg in unknown]
     rr.script_setup(args, "dicom")
     dicom_files = ensure_dataset_downloaded()
     read_and_log_dicom_dataset(dicom_files)
diff --git a/examples/python/dna/main.py b/examples/python/dna/main.py
index 3294ad7980b9..a2d6603fc7bf 100755
--- a/examples/python/dna/main.py
+++ b/examples/python/dna/main.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 `examples/python/dna/main.py`
 """
 
-import sys
 from math import tau
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -15,8 +14,8 @@
 from rerun_demo.util import bounce_lerp, interleave
 from scipy.spatial.transform import Rotation
 
-# sanity-check since all other example scripts take arguments:
-assert len(sys.argv) == 1, f"{sys.argv[0]} does not take any arguments"
+_, unknown = __import__("argparse").ArgumentParser().parse_known_args()
+[__import__("logging").warning(f"unknown arg: {arg}") for arg in unknown]
 
 rr.init("DNA Abacus")
 
diff --git a/examples/python/minimal/main.py b/examples/python/minimal/main.py
index 2beff431ed9f..92e45a01b000 100755
--- a/examples/python/minimal/main.py
+++ b/examples/python/minimal/main.py
@@ -2,18 +2,16 @@
 
 """Demonstrates the most barebone usage of the Rerun SDK."""
 
-import sys
 
 import numpy as np
 import rerun as rr
 
+_, unknown = __import__("argparse").ArgumentParser().parse_known_args()
+[__import__("logging").warning(f"unknown arg: {arg}") for arg in unknown]
+
 rr.spawn()
 
 positions = np.vstack([xyz.ravel() for xyz in np.mgrid[3 * [slice(-5, 5, 10j)]]]).T
 colors = np.vstack([rgb.ravel() for rgb in np.mgrid[3 * [slice(0, 255, 10j)]]]).astype(np.uint8).T
 
 rr.log_points("my_points", positions=positions, colors=colors)
-
-
-# sanity-check since all other example scripts take arguments:
-assert len(sys.argv) == 1, f"{sys.argv[0]} does not take any arguments"
diff --git a/examples/python/mp_pose/main.py b/examples/python/mp_pose/main.py
index c2d91117c631..89de0eb97f59 100755
--- a/examples/python/mp_pose/main.py
+++ b/examples/python/mp_pose/main.py
@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ def main() -> None:
     parser.add_argument("--no-segment", action="store_true", help="Don't run person segmentation.")
     rr.script_add_args(parser)
 
-    args = parser.parse_args()
+    args, unknown = parser.parse_known_args()
+    [__import__("logging").warning(f"unknown arg: {arg}") for arg in unknown]
     rr.script_setup(args, "mp_pose")
 
     video_path = args.video_path  # type: str
diff --git a/examples/python/multiprocessing/main.py b/examples/python/multiprocessing/main.py
index dae502832a6a..4c849bdbf8b0 100755
--- a/examples/python/multiprocessing/main.py
+++ b/examples/python/multiprocessing/main.py
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ def task(title: str) -> None:
 
 def main() -> None:
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Test multi-process logging to the same Rerun server")
-    parser.parse_args()
+    args, unknown = parser.parse_known_args()
+    [__import__("logging").warning(f"unknown arg: {arg}") for arg in unknown]
 
     rr.init("multiprocessing")
     rr.spawn(connect=False)  # this is the viewer that each process will connect to
diff --git a/examples/python/multithreading/main.py b/examples/python/multithreading/main.py
index eeb6f2ed9f49..35c1a674ed71 100755
--- a/examples/python/multithreading/main.py
+++ b/examples/python/multithreading/main.py
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ def rect_logger(path: str, color: npt.NDArray[np.float32]) -> None:
 def main() -> None:
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Logs rich data using the Rerun SDK.")
     rr.script_add_args(parser)
-    args = parser.parse_args()
+    args, unknown = parser.parse_known_args()
+    [__import__("logging").warning(f"unknown arg: {arg}") for arg in unknown]
 
     rr.script_setup(args, "multithreading")
 
diff --git a/examples/python/notebook/cube.ipynb b/examples/python/notebook/cube.ipynb
index d04f1be19908..ba5f4d9585b7 100644
--- a/examples/python/notebook/cube.ipynb
+++ b/examples/python/notebook/cube.ipynb
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "\n",
     "STEPS = 100\n",
     "twists = math.pi * np.sin(np.linspace(0, math.tau, STEPS)) / 4\n",
     "for t in range(STEPS):\n",
diff --git a/examples/python/nyud/main.py b/examples/python/nyud/main.py
index da577c687d07..f35cbab3c523 100755
--- a/examples/python/nyud/main.py
+++ b/examples/python/nyud/main.py
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ def download_progress(url: str, dst: Path) -> None:
     )
     parser.add_argument("--subset-idx", type=int, default=0, help="The index of the subset of the recording to use.")
     rr.script_add_args(parser)
-    args = parser.parse_args()
+    args, unknown = parser.parse_known_args()
+    [__import__("logging").warning(f"unknown arg: {arg}") for arg in unknown]
 
     rr.script_setup(args, "nyud")
     recording_path = ensure_recording_downloaded(args.recording)
diff --git a/examples/python/objectron/main.py b/examples/python/objectron/main.py
index f4a8efc60a45..a3b2f1e57684 100755
--- a/examples/python/objectron/main.py
+++ b/examples/python/objectron/main.py
@@ -283,7 +283,8 @@ def main() -> None:
     )
 
     rr.script_add_args(parser)
-    args = parser.parse_args()
+    args, unknown = parser.parse_known_args()
+    [__import__("logging").warning(f"unknown arg: {arg}") for arg in unknown]
 
     rr.script_setup(args, "objectron")
 
diff --git a/examples/python/opencv_canny/main.py b/examples/python/opencv_canny/main.py
index 05c2b7342f56..0a6acc59851c 100755
--- a/examples/python/opencv_canny/main.py
+++ b/examples/python/opencv_canny/main.py
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ def main() -> None:
     parser.add_argument("--num-frames", type=int, default=None, help="The number of frames to log")
 
     rr.script_add_args(parser)
-    args = parser.parse_args()
+    args, unknown = parser.parse_known_args()
+    [__import__("logging").warning(f"unknown arg: {arg}") for arg in unknown]
 
     rr.script_setup(args, "opencv_canny")
 
diff --git a/examples/python/plots/main.py b/examples/python/plots/main.py
index 5f4d327fd746..065603126952 100755
--- a/examples/python/plots/main.py
+++ b/examples/python/plots/main.py
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ def main() -> None:
         description="demonstrates how to integrate python's native `logging` with the Rerun SDK"
     )
     rr.script_add_args(parser)
-    args = parser.parse_args()
+    args, unknown = parser.parse_known_args()
+    [__import__("logging").warning(f"unknown arg: {arg}") for arg in unknown]
 
     rr.script_setup(args, "plot")
 
diff --git a/examples/python/raw_mesh/main.py b/examples/python/raw_mesh/main.py
index 5978060e0902..8ca94e08501f 100755
--- a/examples/python/raw_mesh/main.py
+++ b/examples/python/raw_mesh/main.py
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ def main() -> None:
         help="Path to a scene to analyze. If set, overrides the `--scene` argument.",
     )
     rr.script_add_args(parser)
-    args = parser.parse_args()
+    args, unknown = parser.parse_known_args()
+    [__import__("logging").warning(f"unknown arg: {arg}") for arg in unknown]
 
     rr.script_setup(args, "raw_mesh")
 
diff --git a/examples/python/segment_anything/main.py b/examples/python/segment_anything/main.py
index ad2069840f54..e55b6611855c 100755
--- a/examples/python/segment_anything/main.py
+++ b/examples/python/segment_anything/main.py
@@ -181,7 +181,8 @@ def main() -> None:
     parser.add_argument("images", metavar="N", type=str, nargs="*", help="A list of images to process.")
 
     rr.script_add_args(parser)
-    args = parser.parse_args()
+    args, unknown = parser.parse_known_args()
+    [__import__("logging").warning(f"unknown arg: {arg}") for arg in unknown]
 
     rr.script_setup(args, "segment_anything")
     logging.getLogger().addHandler(rr.LoggingHandler("logs"))
diff --git a/examples/python/stable_diffusion/main.py b/examples/python/stable_diffusion/main.py
index 9452ae3bd837..7e7e1d50c2cd 100755
--- a/examples/python/stable_diffusion/main.py
+++ b/examples/python/stable_diffusion/main.py
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ def main() -> None:
     )
 
     rr.script_add_args(parser)
-    args = parser.parse_args()
+    args, unknown = parser.parse_known_args()
+    [__import__("logging").warning(f"unknown arg: {arg}") for arg in unknown]
 
     rr.script_setup(args, "Depth Guided Stable Diffusion")
 
diff --git a/examples/python/text_logging/main.py b/examples/python/text_logging/main.py
index c02a7ae3d6df..7e30ea3e5266 100755
--- a/examples/python/text_logging/main.py
+++ b/examples/python/text_logging/main.py
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ def main() -> None:
     )
     parser.add_argument("--repeat", type=int, default=1, help="How many times do we want to run the log function?")
     rr.script_add_args(parser)
-    args = parser.parse_args()
+    args, unknown = parser.parse_known_args()
+    [__import__("logging").warning(f"unknown arg: {arg}") for arg in unknown]
 
     rr.script_setup(args, "text_logging")
 
diff --git a/examples/python/tracking_hf_opencv/main.py b/examples/python/tracking_hf_opencv/main.py
index 2c783d0ba341..667af4034f67 100755
--- a/examples/python/tracking_hf_opencv/main.py
+++ b/examples/python/tracking_hf_opencv/main.py
@@ -393,7 +393,8 @@ def main() -> None:
     parser.add_argument("--dataset_dir", type=Path, default=DATASET_DIR, help="Directory to save example videos to.")
     parser.add_argument("--video_path", type=str, default="", help="Full path to video to run on. Overrides `--video`.")
     rr.script_add_args(parser)
-    args = parser.parse_args()
+    args, unknown = parser.parse_known_args()
+    [__import__("logging").warning(f"unknown arg: {arg}") for arg in unknown]
 
     rr.script_setup(args, "tracking_hf_opencv")
 
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 90a6b0deecff..912ed2e82c1d 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -31,11 +31,35 @@ py-dev-env:
     venv/bin/pip install -r rerun_py/requirements-lint.txt
     echo "Do 'source venv/bin/activate' to use the virtual environment!"
 
-# Run all examples
-py-run-all: py-build
+# Run all examples with the specified args
+py-run-all *ARGS: py-build
     #!/usr/bin/env bash
     set -euo pipefail
-    fd main.py | xargs -I _ sh -c "echo _ && python3 _"
+    find examples/python/ -name main.py | xargs -I _ sh -c 'cd $(dirname _) && echo $(pwd) && python3 main.py {{ARGS}} --num-frames=30 --steps=200'
+
+# Run all examples in the native viewer
+py-run-all-native: py-run-all
+
+# Run all examples in the web viewer
+py-run-all-web:
+    #!/usr/bin/env bash
+    set -euo pipefail
+
+    function cleanup {
+        kill $(jobs -p)
+    }
+    trap cleanup EXIT
+
+    cargo r -p rerun --all-features -- --web-viewer &
+    just py-run-all --connect
+
+# Run all examples, save them to disk as rrd, then view them natively
+py-run-all-rrd *ARGS:
+    #!/usr/bin/env bash
+    set -euo pipefail
+    just py-run-all --save out.rrd
+    cargo r -p rerun --all-features --
+    find examples/python/ -name main.py | xargs -I _ sh -c 'cd $(dirname _) && echo $(pwd) && cargo r -p rerun --all-features -- out.rrd'
 
 # Build and install the package into the venv
 py-build *ARGS: