diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 723bc45..368d74c 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # modelr 0.1.1.9000
 
+* Added `...` argument to the `typical()` generic function (@jrnold, #42)
+
 * Added `typical.ordered` and `typical.integer` methods (@jrnold, #44)
 
 # modelr 0.1.1
diff --git a/R/typical.R b/R/typical.R
index 95e1f32..64f6d51 100644
--- a/R/typical.R
+++ b/R/typical.R
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #' them all. \code{NA} missing values are always silently dropped.
 #'
 #' @param x A vector
+#' @param ... Arguments used by methods
 #' @export
 #' @importFrom stats quantile
 #' @examples
@@ -24,29 +25,29 @@
 #' # median of an ordered factor
 #' typical(ordered(c("a", "a", "b", "c", "d")))
 #'
-typical <- function(x) {
+typical <- function(x, ...) {
   UseMethod("typical")
 }
 
 #' @export
-typical.numeric <- function(x) {
+typical.numeric <- function(x, ...) {
   stats::median(x, na.rm = TRUE)
 }
 
 #' @export
-typical.factor <- function(x) {
+typical.factor <- function(x, ...) {
   counts <- table(x)
   levels(x)[max(counts) == counts]
 }
 
 #' @export
-typical.character <- function(x) {
+typical.character <- function(x, ...) {
   counts <- table(x)
   names(counts)[max(counts) == counts]
 }
 
 #' @export
-typical.logical <- function(x) {
+typical.logical <- function(x, ...) {
   mean(x, na.rm = TRUE) >= 0.5
 }
 
diff --git a/man/typical.Rd b/man/typical.Rd
index 05ec699..31a71a7 100644
--- a/man/typical.Rd
+++ b/man/typical.Rd
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
 \alias{typical}
 \title{Find the typical value}
 \usage{
-typical(x)
+typical(x, ...)
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{x}{A vector}
+
+\item{...}{Arguments used by methods}
 }
 \description{
 For numeric, integer, and ordered factor vectors, it returns the median.