diff --git a/packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detector_ref.ts b/packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detector_ref.ts
index 89f5244de4..743f5f66ae 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detector_ref.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detector_ref.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export abstract class ChangeDetectorRef {
    *
    * <!-- TODO: Add a link to a chapter on OnPush components -->
    *
-   * ### Example ([live demo](https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-kx7rrw))
+   * ### Example
    *
    * ```typescript
    * @Component({
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ export abstract class ChangeDetectorRef {
    *
    * <!-- TODO: Add a link to a chapter on detach/reattach/local digest -->
    *
-   * ### Example ([live demo](https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-ymgsxw))
+   * ### Example
    *
    * The following example creates a component displaying `live` data. The component will detach
    * its change detector from the main change detector tree when the component's live property
diff --git a/packages/core/src/change_detection/pipe_transform.ts b/packages/core/src/change_detection/pipe_transform.ts
index 4e6d120931..e835d7f610 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/change_detection/pipe_transform.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/change_detection/pipe_transform.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * `value | pipeName[:arg0[:arg1...]]`
  *
- * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/f5oyIked9M2cKzvZNKHV?p=preview))
+ * ### Example
  *
  * The `RepeatPipe` below repeats the value as many times as indicated by the first argument:
  *
diff --git a/packages/core/src/di/forward_ref.ts b/packages/core/src/di/forward_ref.ts
index 8800543923..6837df128c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/di/forward_ref.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/di/forward_ref.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export function forwardRef(forwardRefFn: ForwardRefFn): Type<any> {
  *
  * Acts as the identity function when given a non-forward-ref value.
  *
- * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/GU72mJrk1fiodChcmiDR?p=preview))
+ * ### Example
  *
  * {@example core/di/ts/forward_ref/forward_ref_spec.ts region='resolve_forward_ref'}
  *
diff --git a/packages/core/src/di/reflective_errors.ts b/packages/core/src/di/reflective_errors.ts
index 51f223c383..7351ebb99a 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/di/reflective_errors.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/di/reflective_errors.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ function addKey(this: InjectionError, injector: ReflectiveInjector, key: Reflect
  * Thrown when trying to retrieve a dependency by key from {@link Injector}, but the
  * {@link Injector} does not have a {@link Provider} for the given key.
  *
- * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/vq8D3FRB9aGbnWJqtEPE?p=preview))
+ * ### Example
  *
  * ```typescript
  * class A {
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export function noProviderError(injector: ReflectiveInjector, key: ReflectiveKey
 /**
  * Thrown when dependencies form a cycle.
  *
- * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/wYQdNos0Tzql3ei1EV9j?p=info))
+ * ### Example
  *
  * ```typescript
  * var injector = Injector.resolveAndCreate([
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export function cyclicDependencyError(
  * The `InstantiationError` class contains the original error plus the dependency graph which caused
  * this object to be instantiated.
  *
- * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/7aWYdcqTQsP0eNqEdUAf?p=preview))
+ * ### Example
  *
  * ```typescript
  * class A {
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ export function instantiationError(
  * Thrown when an object other then {@link Provider} (or `Type`) is passed to {@link Injector}
  * creation.
  *
- * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/YatCFbPAMCL0JSSQ4mvH?p=preview))
+ * ### Example
  *
  * ```typescript
  * expect(() => Injector.resolveAndCreate(["not a type"])).toThrowError();
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ export function invalidProviderError(provider: any) {
  * Lack of annotation information prevents the {@link Injector} from determining which dependencies
  * need to be injected into the constructor.
  *
- * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/rHnZtlNS7vJOPQ6pcVkm?p=preview))
+ * ### Example
  *
  * ```typescript
  * class A {
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ export function noAnnotationError(typeOrFunc: Type<any>| Function, params: any[]
 /**
  * Thrown when getting an object by index.
  *
- * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/bRs0SX2OTQiJzqvjgl8P?p=preview))
+ * ### Example
  *
  * ```typescript
  * class A {}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/di/reflective_injector.ts b/packages/core/src/di/reflective_injector.ts
index 3de3d6184a..d7784cb38e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/di/reflective_injector.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/di/reflective_injector.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const UNDEFINED = new Object();
  * In typical use, application code asks for the dependencies in the constructor and they are
  * resolved by the `Injector`.
  *
- * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/jzjec0?p=preview))
+ * ### Example
  *
  * The following example creates an `Injector` configured to create `Engine` and `Car`.
  *
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export abstract class ReflectiveInjector implements Injector {
    * A resolution is a process of flattening multiple nested arrays and converting individual
    * providers into an array of {@link ResolvedReflectiveProvider}s.
    *
-   * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/AiXTHi?p=preview))
+   * ### Example
    *
    * ```typescript
    * @Injectable()
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export abstract class ReflectiveInjector implements Injector {
    * The passed-in providers can be an array of `Type`, {@link Provider},
    * or a recursive array of more providers.
    *
-   * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/ePOccA?p=preview))
+   * ### Example
    *
    * ```typescript
    * @Injectable()
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ export abstract class ReflectiveInjector implements Injector {
    *
    * This API is the recommended way to construct injectors in performance-sensitive parts.
    *
-   * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/KrSMci?p=preview))
+   * ### Example
    *
    * ```typescript
    * @Injectable()
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ export abstract class ReflectiveInjector implements Injector {
    * <!-- TODO: Add a link to the section of the user guide talking about hierarchical injection.
    * -->
    *
-   * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/eosMGo?p=preview))
+   * ### Example
    *
    * ```typescript
    * var parent = ReflectiveInjector.resolveAndCreate([]);
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ export abstract class ReflectiveInjector implements Injector {
    * The passed-in providers can be an array of `Type`, {@link Provider},
    * or a recursive array of more providers.
    *
-   * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/opB3T4?p=preview))
+   * ### Example
    *
    * ```typescript
    * class ParentProvider {}
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ export abstract class ReflectiveInjector implements Injector {
    *
    * This API is the recommended way to construct injectors in performance-sensitive parts.
    *
-   * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/VhyfjN?p=preview))
+   * ### Example
    *
    * ```typescript
    * class ParentProvider {}
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ export abstract class ReflectiveInjector implements Injector {
    *
    * The created object does not get cached by the injector.
    *
-   * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/yvVXoB?p=preview))
+   * ### Example
    *
    * ```typescript
    * @Injectable()
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ export abstract class ReflectiveInjector implements Injector {
    *
    * The created object does not get cached by the injector.
    *
-   * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/ptCImQ?p=preview))
+   * ### Example
    *
    * ```typescript
    * @Injectable()
diff --git a/packages/core/src/di/reflective_provider.ts b/packages/core/src/di/reflective_provider.ts
index 1def0e83c0..f66bc9a02e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/di/reflective_provider.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/di/reflective_provider.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ const _EMPTY_LIST: any[] = [];
  *
  * It can be created manually, as follows:
  *
- * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/RfEnhh8kUEI0G3qsnIeT?p%3Dpreview&p=preview))
+ * ### Example
  *
  * ```typescript
  * var resolvedProviders = Injector.resolve([{ provide: 'message', useValue: 'Hello' }]);
diff --git a/packages/core/src/linker/query_list.ts b/packages/core/src/linker/query_list.ts
index 3d7739a471..dc72fd1588 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/linker/query_list.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/linker/query_list.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import {getSymbolIterator} from '../util';
  *
  * NOTE: In the future this class will implement an `Observable` interface.
  *
- * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/RX8sJnQYl9FWuSCWme5z?p=preview))
+ * ### Example
  * ```typescript
  * @Component({...})
  * class Container {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/metadata/directives.ts b/packages/core/src/metadata/directives.ts
index 145f5ed18f..330715510b 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/metadata/directives.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/metadata/directives.ts
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ export interface Directive {
    *
    * When `bindingProperty` is not provided, it is assumed to be equal to `directiveProperty`.
    *
-   * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/ivhfXY?p=preview))
+   * ### Example
    *
    * The following example creates a component with two data-bound properties.
    *
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ export interface Directive {
    * - `directiveProperty` specifies the component property that emits events.
    * - `bindingProperty` specifies the DOM property the event handler is attached to.
    *
-   * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/d5CNq7?p=preview))
+   * ### Example
    *
    * ```typescript
    * @Directive({
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ export interface Directive {
    *
    * When writing a directive event binding, you can also refer to the $event local variable.
    *
-   * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/DlA5KU?p=preview))
+   * ### Example
    *
    * The following example declares a directive that attaches a click listener to the button and
    * counts clicks.
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ export interface Directive {
    * Angular automatically checks host property bindings during change detection.
    * If a binding changes, it will update the host element of the directive.
    *
-   * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/gNg0ED?p=preview))
+   * ### Example
    *
    * The following example creates a directive that sets the `valid` and `invalid` classes
    * on the DOM element that has ngModel directive on it.
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/view_ref.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/view_ref.ts
index 44b7682927..80d4b29a6f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/view_ref.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/view_ref.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export class ViewRef<T> implements viewEngine_EmbeddedViewRef<T> {
    *
    * <!-- TODO: Add a link to a chapter on OnPush components -->
    *
-   * ### Example ([live demo](https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-kx7rrw))
+   * ### Example
    *
    * ```typescript
    * @Component({
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export class ViewRef<T> implements viewEngine_EmbeddedViewRef<T> {
    *
    * <!-- TODO: Add a link to a chapter on detach/reattach/local digest -->
    *
-   * ### Example ([live demo](https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-ymgsxw))
+   * ### Example
    *
    * The following example creates a component displaying `live` data. The component will detach
    * its change detector from the main change detector tree when the component's live property
diff --git a/packages/http/src/base_response_options.ts b/packages/http/src/base_response_options.ts
index b39c456ae3..6c82cb62d7 100644
--- a/packages/http/src/base_response_options.ts
+++ b/packages/http/src/base_response_options.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import {ResponseOptionsArgs} from './interfaces';
  * This class may be used in tests to build {@link Response Responses} for
  * mock responses (see {@link MockBackend}).
  *
- * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/P9Jkk8e8cz6NVzbcxEsD?p=preview))
+ * ### Example
  *
  * ```typescript
  * import {ResponseOptions, Response} from '@angular/http';
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export class ResponseOptions {
    * This may be useful when sharing a base `ResponseOptions` object inside tests,
    * where certain properties may change from test to test.
    *
-   * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/1lXquqFfgduTFBWjNoRE?p=preview))
+   * ### Example
    *
    * ```typescript
    * import {ResponseOptions, Response} from '@angular/http';
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export class ResponseOptions {
  * when configuring an {@link Injector}, in order to override the default options
  * used by {@link Http} to create {@link Response Responses}.
  *
- * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/qv8DLT?p=preview))
+ * ### Example
  *
  * ```typescript
  * import {provide} from '@angular/core';
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ export class ResponseOptions {
  * The options could also be extended when manually creating a {@link Response}
  * object.
  *
- * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/VngosOWiaExEtbstDoix?p=preview))
+ * ### Example
  *
  * ```
  * import {BaseResponseOptions, Response} from '@angular/http';